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Date
1826
Description
1826 London – Calcutta – Jubblepore entire privately carried to India via Cape route & directly posted at the ship, sender's directive "Per Frances/Capt: Robert Heard", that's why no British handstamp or postage applied. Offloaded at Kedgree & there Giles S2 "KEDGREE/POST OFFICE/SHIP LETTER" transit mark applied, sent to an agent at Calcutta. At Calcutta GPO, Giles SR9a "Inld Ptg/Ship Do" & rate 7A comprising 5A inland to Calcutta from Kedgree & 2A inward ship postage, and Giles G8 "CALCUTTA/GPO/29 NO 28/1826" receipt applied. The agent paid the bearing 7A & redirected the letter to Jubblepore. For that, Giles 15 "G.P.O./NOVr 3/Pt Pd 13" despatch mark, date "28 Novr." & rate "13" (13A Calcutta–Jubblepore single letter inland postage, as under 1 tolah wt., paid by the agent) applied in manuscript. Delivered at Jubblepore, but no delivery mark applied.
Provenance
Santosh MS
Same office
Other recorded marks at Kedgeree
14 marks14 other pre-1854 postal markings of Kedgeree are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Kedgeree HG 1handstampBlack1817–1820
- Kedgeree HG 2handstampBlack1821–1827
- Kedgeree HG 3handstampBlack1828–1832
- Kedgeree HG 4handstampBlack1835–1836
- Kedgeree HG 5handstampBlack1837–1842
- Kedgeree HG 6handstampBlack1846
- Kedgeree HG 7handstampBlack1838–1848
- Kedgeree HG 7AhandstampRed1844
- Kedgeree HG 7BhandstampBlack1854
- Kedgeree HG 8handstampBlack1857–1858
- Kedgeree S1handstampBlack1815–1822
- Kedgeree S3handstampBlack1828-39
- Kedgeree S4handstampBlack1836–1846
- Kedgeree S5handstampBlack1855-57
About this record
This 1826 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kedgeree S2 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 10 surviving covers with this mark recorded.