COV-2231
1 December 1830 Sheerghotty Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Argyll Etkin Auctions
Date
1 December 1830
Description
1830 (Dec 1) Entire letter to Scotland, backstamped double oval "SHEERGHOTTY / POST OFFICE" with manuscript date and rate, boxed India Letter Liverpool alongside, a fine and scarce Post Office handstamp.
Auction
Auction Number 57 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, Lot 1141, (6th Nov 2025)
About this Sheerghotty pre stamp cover
COV-2231 is a Sheerghotty pre stamp cover of 1 December 1830 bearing the Sheerghotty HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Sheerghotty postal history — the office known today as Sherghati, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1830 (Dec 1) Entire letter to Scotland, backstamped double oval "SHEERGHOTTY / POST OFFICE" with manuscript date and rate, boxed India Letter Liverpool alongside, a fine and scarce Post Office handstamp.
Its recorded auction history runs through Argyll Etkin Auction Number 57 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History lot 1141 (6th Nov 2025).
1 image of COV-2231 is recorded (front); the Sheerghotty HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1828–1831.
Questions about COV-2231
- What is COV-2231?
- COV-2231 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Sheerghotty, Bengal Presidency of 1 December 1830, bearing the Sheerghotty HG 1 handstamp in black. 1830 (Dec 1) Entire letter to Scotland, backstamped double oval "SHEERGHOTTY / POST OFFICE" with manuscript date and rate, boxed India Letter Liverpool alongside, a fine and scarce Post Office handstamp.
- How scarce is the Sheerghotty HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Sheerghotty HG 1 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1828–1831.
- What is the provenance of COV-2231?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Argyll Etkin Auction Number 57 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History lot 1141 (6th Nov 2025).
- When was COV-2231 posted?
- COV-2231 is dated 1 December 1830, within the recorded period of use of Sheerghotty HG 1 (1828–1831).
About this record
This 1 December 1830 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 Argyll Etkin, Auction Number 57 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, lot 1141, (6th Nov 2025).