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Date
August 1824
Description
India, Kedgeree, 1824, "KEDGREE/POST OFFICE/SHIP LETTER" Framed Handstamp (Giles S2). Clear strike in transit on back of folded letter with "1824, February 27th, Kensington (London) " despatch docketing, addressed to "William Fraser Es, in the Civil Service of the H.E.I.Co., Bengal, care of Messr. Mackintosh & Co., Calcutta" , forwarded to Delhi, "Inld Ptge/Ship Do" rate handstamp (Giles SR9), Calcutta G.P.O. and red "Calcutta Genl Post Office, 9 AUG 9, 1824" transit (Giles G5) datestamps, cover with some slight soiling, otherwise Very Fine strike of the scarce "Kedgree" marking, William Fraser (1784-1835) was a British civil servant and Commissioner of the Delhi Territory until his death (assassination) in 1835
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10067, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
Provenance
"Magnolia"
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 August 1824 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. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10067.