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Date
25 October 1805
Description
Moorshedabad: 1805 (25 Oct.) entire letter from "Obia, via Berhampore" to Calcutta, the address panel showing good to fine strike of the double-line framed "MOORSHEDABAD/POST PAID" (HG 2) completed in manuscript; light overall tone spotting and fold crosses strike, otherwise fine. Only one example recorded. Interesting content referring to the poor air quality: "the noxious vapour of this place, which proved mortal to many of my kin in my absence".
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Moorshedabad
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Moorshedabad are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Moorshedabad pre stamp cover
COV-1873 is a Moorshedabad pre stamp cover of 25 October 1805 bearing the Moorshedabad HG 2 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Moorshedabad postal history — the office known today as Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Moorshedabad: 1805 (25 Oct.) entire letter from "Obia, via Berhampore" to Calcutta, the address panel showing good to fine strike of the double-line framed "MOORSHEDABAD/POST PAID" (HG 2) completed in manuscript; light overall tone spotting and fold crosses strike, otherwise fine. Only one example recorded. Interesting content referring to the poor air quality: "the noxious vapour of this place, which proved mortal to many of my kin in my absence".
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 131.
2 images of COV-1873 are recorded (front); the Moorshedabad HG 2 mark itself is recorded in use 1805.
Questions about COV-1873
- What is COV-1873?
- COV-1873 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Moorshedabad, Bengal Presidency of 25 October 1805, bearing the Moorshedabad HG 2 handstamp in black. Moorshedabad: 1805 (25 Oct.) entire letter from "Obia, via Berhampore" to Calcutta, the address panel showing good to fine strike of the double-line framed "MOORSHEDABAD/POST PAID" (HG 2) completed in manuscript; light overall tone spotting and fold crosses strike, otherwise fine. Only one example recorded. Interesting content referring to the poor air quality: "the noxious vapour of this place, which proved mortal to many of my kin in my absence".
- How scarce is the Moorshedabad HG 2 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Moorshedabad HG 2 as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1805.
- What is the provenance of COV-1873?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 131.
- When was COV-1873 posted?
- COV-1873 is dated 25 October 1805, within the recorded period of use of Moorshedabad HG 2 (1805).
About this record
This 25 October 1805 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Moorshedabad HG 2 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 131.