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Date
2 May 1838
Description
India, Pooree, 1838, "POOREE/FREE" Oval Handstamp (Giles Unrecorded). Bold strike in red with manuscript "2nd May 1838" date added on back of official folded letter to "P. DaCosta" in Calcutta, manuscript "Service" and countersigned at bottom left, red framed "PM" handstamp, partial red Calcutta arrival backstamp, cover with file fold thru marking and overall toning, Very Fine strike, presumably very few (if any) other examples exist as this is unrecorded in Giles
Auction
Sale 9054, Lot 10084, — The Magnolia Collection Part 7
Same office
Other recorded marks at Pooree
1 markOne other pre-1854 postal marking of Pooree is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.
About this record
This 2 May 1838 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Pooree HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9054, lot 10084.