COV-115
8 May 1832 Serampore HG 1 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
8 May 1832
Description
INDIA, (Danish Settlement), Serampore, 1832, "SERAMPORE/POST OFFICE/18_" Handstamp (Giles 1). Legible and clear strike of boxed handstamp with manuscript "(18)32" inserted and "The 8th May, Postpaid 2 ans" on back of folded letter addressed to Calcutta, red boxed "AM" and Calcutta arrival backstamp (G9), cover with overall aging, Fine strike, a very rare use of the Serampore handstamp, Serampore remained a Danish settlement until it was sold to the East India Company in 1845
Auction
Sale 1301, Lot 6046
Provenance
"Magnolia" Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Serampore
1 markOne other pre-1854 postal marking of Serampore is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.
About this record
This 8 May 1832 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Serampore HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — one of 11 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, Giles, lot 403, (Oct. 2000); Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 1301, lot 6046.