Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
27 January 1806
Description
1806 : H.G. 1: This entire letter was written in PUTTAHAUT, but was posted in LUCKEEPOOR, 12 miles away to CALCUTTA Inland postage, under the 1802-09 rates, for a Single" letter to CALCUTTA was 5 as. LUCKEEPOOR, 270 miles from CALCUTTA in EASTERN BENGAL, and a Post Office which was established as early as 1795, and became subordinate to the Main Post Office at BULLOOAH, 23 miles away, in the Dist. ofNOAKALI. In the 20th Century it was renamed as LAKSMIPUR.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
About this Luckeepoor pre stamp cover
COV-751 is a Luckeepoor pre stamp cover of 27 January 1806 bearing the Luckeepoor HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Luckeepoor postal history — the office known today as Lakshmipur, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1806 : H.G. 1: This entire letter was written in PUTTAHAUT, but was posted in LUCKEEPOOR, 12 miles away to CALCUTTA Inland postage, under the 1802-09 rates, for a Single" letter to CALCUTTA was 5 as. LUCKEEPOOR, 270 miles from CALCUTTA in EASTERN BENGAL, and a Post Office which was established as early as 1795, and became subordinate to the Main Post Office at BULLOOAH, 23 miles away, in the Dist. ofNOAKALI. In the 20th Century it was renamed as LAKSMIPUR.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 125 (Oct. 2000).
1 image of COV-751 is recorded; the Luckeepoor HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1806.
Questions about COV-751
- What is COV-751?
- COV-751 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Luckeepoor, Bengal Presidency of 27 January 1806, bearing the Luckeepoor HG 1 handstamp in black. 1806 : H.G. 1: This entire letter was written in PUTTAHAUT, but was posted in LUCKEEPOOR, 12 miles away to CALCUTTA Inland postage, under the 1802-09 rates, for a Single" letter to CALCUTTA was 5 as. LUCKEEPOOR, 270 miles from CALCUTTA in EASTERN BENGAL, and a Post Office which was established as early as 1795, and became subordinate to the Main Post Office at BULLOOAH, 23 miles away, in the Dist. ofNOAKALI. In the 20th Century it was renamed as LAKSMIPUR.
- How scarce is the Luckeepoor HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Luckeepoor HG 1 as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1806.
- What is the provenance of COV-751?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 125 (Oct. 2000).
- When was COV-751 posted?
- COV-751 is dated 27 January 1806, within the recorded period of use of Luckeepoor HG 1 (1806).
About this record
This 27 January 1806 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Luckeepoor HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 125, (Oct. 2000).