Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
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 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 — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.