COV-2159
16 November 1825 New Anchorage Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
Date
16 November 1825
Description
1825 New Anchorage – Kishenagor inland entire, with New Anchorage Giles 1 "NEW ANCHORAGE/POST OFFICE" despatch handstamp, date "16th Nov. 1825" applied in manuscript, transited through Calcutta & there Giles G8 "CALCUTTA/GPO/17 NO 17/1825" receipt & "AM" time mark in the same blue ink applied. Then despatched for Kishenagor with Giles 16 "G.P.O./Novr 17/Bg Pg 6" (bearing 6A as New Anchorage–Kishenagor single letter inland postage, as under 1 tolah wt.) bearing handstamp, addressed to an Indigo factory at Kishenagor, and the due was collected from the recipient there. Historical letter related to the infamous Indigo factory at Kishenagor (Nuddea).
Auction
Provenance
Santosh MS
About this New Anchorage pre stamp cover
COV-2159 is a New Anchorage pre stamp cover of 16 November 1825 bearing the New Anchorage HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of New Anchorage postal history, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1825 New Anchorage – Kishenagor inland entire, with New Anchorage Giles 1 "NEW ANCHORAGE/POST OFFICE" despatch handstamp, date "16th Nov. 1825" applied in manuscript, transited through Calcutta & there Giles G8 "CALCUTTA/GPO/17 NO 17/1825" receipt & "AM" time mark in the same blue ink applied. Then despatched for Kishenagor with Giles 16 "G.P.O./Novr 17/Bg Pg 6" (bearing 6A as New Anchorage–Kishenagor single letter inland postage, as under 1 tolah wt.) bearing handstamp, addressed to an Indigo factory at Kishenagor, and the due was collected from the recipient there. Historical letter related to the infamous Indigo factory at Kishenagor (Nuddea).
Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
1 image of COV-2159 is recorded; the New Anchorage HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1823–1829.
Questions about COV-2159
- What is COV-2159?
- COV-2159 is a recorded pre stamp cover of New Anchorage, Bengal Presidency of 16 November 1825, bearing the New Anchorage HG 1 handstamp in black. 1825 New Anchorage – Kishenagor inland entire, with New Anchorage Giles 1 "NEW ANCHORAGE/POST OFFICE" despatch handstamp, date "16th Nov. 1825" applied in manuscript, transited through Calcutta & there Giles G8 "CALCUTTA/GPO/17 NO 17/1825" receipt & "AM" time mark in the same blue ink applied. Then despatched for Kishenagor with Giles 16 "G.P.O./Novr 17/Bg Pg 6" (bearing 6A as New Anchorage–Kishenagor single letter inland postage, as under 1 tolah wt.) bearing handstamp, addressed to an Indigo factory at Kishenagor, and the due was collected from the recipient there. Historical letter related to the infamous Indigo factory at Kishenagor (Nuddea).
- How scarce is the New Anchorage HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades New Anchorage HG 1 as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1823–1829.
- What is the provenance of COV-2159?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
- When was COV-2159 posted?
- COV-2159 is dated 16 November 1825, within the recorded period of use of New Anchorage HG 1 (1823–1829).
About this record
This 16 November 1825 pre stamp cover of British India bears the New Anchorage HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 7 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Private.