Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
Date
26 March 1823
Description
1823 Rungpore – Chinsurah inland entire, with Giles 1 "RUNGPORE/Pt Pd" intaglio despatch handstamp, date "26 March 23" & rate "5as" (single letter inland rate to Chinsurah, as under 1 tolah wt.) applied in manuscript. Addressed to Chinsurah (Hooghly), which was a Dutch settlement until 1825. Mails related to this settlement are quite scarce, and this intaglio handstamp from Rungpore especially makes this combination unique.
Provenance
Santosh MS
Same office
Other recorded marks at Rungpore
2 marks2 other pre-1854 postal markings of Rungpore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 26 March 1823 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Rungpore HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark with 4 examples recorded in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded.