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Date
1840
Description
Straits Settlements Early Letters and Handstamps Incoming Mail Singapore 1840-41 entire letters (3) ex the Guthrie correspondence, the first a Consignee's letter from London via Cape of Good Hope with despatch datestamp, one from Glasgow " p Overland Mail" with despatch and London datestamps, and one from Mauritius forwarded to Calcutta and showing fine " kedgeree./post office/ship letter" handstamp alongside Calcutta Ship Letter Bearing datestamp, the contents requesting Guthrie to recruit 100 Chinese labourers for the Mauritius plantations as the Indian Government has banned the use of India labour, and seven others (a few small faults) with six showing Calcutta G.P.O. Ship Letter datestamps Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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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 1handstampBlack1817–1821
- Kedgeree HG 2handstampBlack1821–1827
- Kedgeree HG 3handstampBlack1828–1833
- Kedgeree HG 4handstampBlack1835–1836
- Kedgeree HG 5handstampBlack1837–1842
- Kedgeree HG 6handstampBlack1846–1851
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About this Kedgeree pre stamp cover
COV-5570 is a Kedgeree pre stamp cover of 1840 bearing the Kedgeree S4 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Kedgeree postal history — the office known today as Khejuri, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Straits Settlements Early Letters and Handstamps Incoming Mail Singapore 1840-41 entire letters (3) ex the Guthrie correspondence, the first a Consignee's letter from London via Cape of Good Hope with despatch datestamp, one from Glasgow " p Overland Mail" with despatch and London datestamps, and one from Mauritius forwarded to Calcutta and showing fine " kedgeree./post office/ship letter" handstamp alongside Calcutta Ship Letter Bearing datestamp, the contents requesting Guthrie to recruit 100 Chinese labourers for the Mauritius plantations as the Indian Government has banned the use of India labour, and seven others (a few small faults) with six showing Calcutta G.P.O. Ship Letter datestamps Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Stamps and Covers of South East Asia - conducted behind closed doors (Sale 21014) lot 123 (23 February 2021).
1 image of COV-5570 is recorded; the Kedgeree S4 mark itself is recorded in use 1836–1846.
Questions about COV-5570
- What is COV-5570?
- COV-5570 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Kedgeree, Bengal Presidency of 1840, bearing the Kedgeree S4 handstamp in black. Straits Settlements Early Letters and Handstamps Incoming Mail Singapore 1840-41 entire letters (3) ex the Guthrie correspondence, the first a Consignee's letter from London via Cape of Good Hope with despatch datestamp, one from Glasgow " p Overland Mail" with despatch and London datestamps, and one from Mauritius forwarded to Calcutta and showing fine " kedgeree./post office/ship letter" handstamp alongside Calcutta Ship Letter Bearing datestamp, the contents requesting Guthrie to recruit 100 Chinese labourers for the Mauritius plantations as the Indian Government has banned the use of India labour, and seven others (a few small faults) with six showing Calcutta G.P.O. Ship Letter datestamps Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
- How scarce is the Kedgeree S4 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Kedgeree S4 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1836–1846.
- What is the provenance of COV-5570?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Stamps and Covers of South East Asia - conducted behind closed doors (Sale 21014) lot 123 (23 February 2021).
- When was COV-5570 posted?
- COV-5570 is dated 1840, within the recorded period of use of Kedgeree S4 (1836–1846).
About this record
This 1840 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kedgeree S4 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 Spink, Stamps and Covers of South East Asia - conducted behind closed doors (Sale 21014), lot 123, (23 February 2021).