Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
16 December 1823
Description
INDIA, Nuddea, 1823, "NUDDEA/POST OFFICE/Pt Pd/Sa Wt/18_" Handstamp (Giles 1). Excellent strike of five-line boxed handstamp with manuscript "16 Dec (18)23" date inserted and applied over fold of folded letter datelined in Kishnaghur, addressed to Calcutta, Calcutta Dec. 18 arrival datestamp (Giles G5), Very Fine strikes, one of the finest strikes of the Nuddea marking we have encountered
Auction
Sale 1301, Lot 6033
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Nuddeah
2 marks2 other pre-1854 postal markings of Nuddeah are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 16 December 1823 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Nuddeah HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 9 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 1301, lot 6033.