COV-1152
24 November 1829 Sheerghotty HG 1 Cover
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Date
24 November 1829
Description
Sheerghotty: 1829 (24 Nov.) entire letter to Scotland "per Bamburgh Castle" via Calcutta and Portsmouth showing a fair to good strike of the very scarce double oval "SHEERGHOTTY/POST OFFICE" with date and rate "P. Pd. 8" in manuscript (HG 1).
Auction
Provenance
Dr. Soli Contractor
About this record
This 24 November 1829 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Sheerghotty HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 194.