COV-2386
24 November 1829 Sheerghotty Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
Date
24 November 1829
Description
1829 Sheerghotty – Kilmarnock entire via Calcutta & Cape route, with Sheerghotty Giles 1 "SHEERGHOTTY/POST OFFICE" despatch handstamp, date "24 Novr. 1829" & rate "PP 8" (8A single letter inland postage to Calcutta) applied in manuscript, later Giles SD9 "CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/29 NO 29/1829" transit mark applied. Sent to the UK through the Cape route via the British Packet BOMBAY CASTLE, entered in the UK through Portsmouth port & there "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" transit handstamp applied & sent to London. "1/" (comprising 8d Portsmouth–London single letter inland postage + 4d India incoming sea postage) bearing postage applied, later at London it was obliterated & updated to "1/7" (comprising 14½d Portsmouth–Kilmarnock single letter inland postage + 4d India incoming sea postage + ½d Scottish wheel tax) bearing postage in manuscript, together with "½" d. Scottish wheel tax mark & "F/12 MR 12/1830" Chief Office transit mark applied. Bearing postage of 1s 7d was collected from the recipient at Kilmarnock.
Auction
About this Sheerghotty pre stamp cover
COV-2386 is a Sheerghotty pre stamp cover of 24 November 1829 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?
1829 Sheerghotty – Kilmarnock entire via Calcutta & Cape route, with Sheerghotty Giles 1 "SHEERGHOTTY/POST OFFICE" despatch handstamp, date "24 Novr. 1829" & rate "PP 8" (8A single letter inland postage to Calcutta) applied in manuscript, later Giles SD9 "CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/29 NO 29/1829" transit mark applied. Sent to the UK through the Cape route via the British Packet BOMBAY CASTLE, entered in the UK through Portsmouth port & there "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" transit handstamp applied & sent to London. "1/" (comprising 8d Portsmouth–London single letter inland postage + 4d India incoming sea postage) bearing postage applied, later at London it was obliterated & updated to "1/7" (comprising 14½d Portsmouth–Kilmarnock single letter inland postage + 4d India incoming sea postage + ½d Scottish wheel tax) bearing postage in manuscript, together with "½" d. Scottish wheel tax mark & "F/12 MR 12/1830" Chief Office transit mark applied. Bearing postage of 1s 7d was collected from the recipient at Kilmarnock.
Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
1 image of COV-2386 is recorded (front); the Sheerghotty HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1828–1831.
Questions about COV-2386
- What is COV-2386?
- COV-2386 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Sheerghotty, Bengal Presidency of 24 November 1829, bearing the Sheerghotty HG 1 handstamp in black. 1829 Sheerghotty – Kilmarnock entire via Calcutta & Cape route, with Sheerghotty Giles 1 "SHEERGHOTTY/POST OFFICE" despatch handstamp, date "24 Novr. 1829" & rate "PP 8" (8A single letter inland postage to Calcutta) applied in manuscript, later Giles SD9 "CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/29 NO 29/1829" transit mark applied. Sent to the UK through the Cape route via the British Packet BOMBAY CASTLE, entered in the UK through Portsmouth port & there "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" transit handstamp applied & sent to London. "1/" (comprising 8d Portsmouth–London single letter inland postage + 4d India incoming sea postage) bearing postage applied, later at London it was obliterated & updated to "1/7" (comprising 14½d Portsmouth–Kilmarnock single letter inland postage + 4d India incoming sea postage + ½d Scottish wheel tax) bearing postage in manuscript, together with "½" d. Scottish wheel tax mark & "F/12 MR 12/1830" Chief Office transit mark applied. Bearing postage of 1s 7d was collected from the recipient at Kilmarnock.
- 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-2386?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
- When was COV-2386 posted?
- COV-2386 is dated 24 November 1829, within the recorded period of use of Sheerghotty HG 1 (1828–1831).
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 Private.