COV-2231
1 December 1830 Sheerghotty HG 1 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 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).