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Date
1 September 1843
Description
India, Kedgeree, 1843, "KEDGEREE/POST OFFICE/SHIP LETTER" Framed Handstamp (Giles S4). Clear strike applied in transit on folded letter datelined "Victoria 1st Sept. 1843" and originating in Hong Kong, addressed to Madras, "Forwarded by Boustead Schwabe & Co., Singapore" oval handstamp, Calcutta transit and Madras arrival backstamps
Auction
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 S2handstampBlack1822-28
- Kedgeree S3handstampBlack1828-39
- Kedgeree S5handstampBlack1855-57
About this record
This 1 September 1843 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kedgeree S4 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 9 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, lot 10052.