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Date
2 May 1847
Description
1847 Mahomedpore – Bordeaux entire via Marseilles route, with Mahomedpore G1 "MAHOMEDPORE/Paid" despatch handstamp, date "2 May 47" & rate "10 As" (comprising 8A British steam postage up to Suez & 2A double letter inland postage to Calcutta, as between ¼–1 tolah wt.). At Calcutta, SD11 "CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/4 MAY 4/1847" & SD19 "INDIA" transit marks applied, sent through Marseilles via Suez, Alexandria & Malta, and there French Sea Post Office mark dated "19 JUN 47" applied. Finally reached Bordeaux, where 19 decimes French bearing sea + inland postage was collected from the recipient.
Provenance
Santosh MS
Same office
Other recorded marks at Mahomedpore
1 markOne other pre-1854 postal marking of Mahomedpore is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.
About this Mahomedpore pre stamp cover
COV-2157 is a Mahomedpore pre stamp cover of 2 May 1847 bearing the Mahomedpore HG 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Mahomedpore postal history, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1847 Mahomedpore – Bordeaux entire via Marseilles route, with Mahomedpore G1 "MAHOMEDPORE/Paid" despatch handstamp, date "2 May 47" & rate "10 As" (comprising 8A British steam postage up to Suez & 2A double letter inland postage to Calcutta, as between ¼–1 tolah wt.). At Calcutta, SD11 "CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/4 MAY 4/1847" & SD19 "INDIA" transit marks applied, sent through Marseilles via Suez, Alexandria & Malta, and there French Sea Post Office mark dated "19 JUN 47" applied. Finally reached Bordeaux, where 19 decimes French bearing sea + inland postage was collected from the recipient.
Santosh MS
1 image of COV-2157 is recorded (front); the Mahomedpore HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1843–1847.
Questions about COV-2157
- What is COV-2157?
- COV-2157 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Mahomedpore, Bengal Presidency of 2 May 1847, bearing the Mahomedpore HG 1 handstamp in red. 1847 Mahomedpore – Bordeaux entire via Marseilles route, with Mahomedpore G1 "MAHOMEDPORE/Paid" despatch handstamp, date "2 May 47" & rate "10 As" (comprising 8A British steam postage up to Suez & 2A double letter inland postage to Calcutta, as between ¼–1 tolah wt.). At Calcutta, SD11 "CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/4 MAY 4/1847" & SD19 "INDIA" transit marks applied, sent through Marseilles via Suez, Alexandria & Malta, and there French Sea Post Office mark dated "19 JUN 47" applied. Finally reached Bordeaux, where 19 decimes French bearing sea + inland postage was collected from the recipient.
- How scarce is the Mahomedpore HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Mahomedpore HG 1 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1843–1847.
- What is the provenance of COV-2157?
- Santosh MS
- When was COV-2157 posted?
- COV-2157 is dated 2 May 1847, within the recorded period of use of Mahomedpore HG 1 (1843–1847).
About this record
This 2 May 1847 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mahomedpore HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.