COV-318
10 May 1828 Sheerghotty HG 1 Cover
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Date
10 May 1828
Description
India, Sheerghotty, 1828, "SHEERGHOTTY POST OFFICE" Double-Oval Handstamp (Giles 1). Faint but mostly legible strike with manuscript "10 May 1828" date marking on back of folded letter to Mossdale, Scotland, sender's directive "per first Ship" and "pr Norfolk" in another hand, red framed "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" (Robertson In.3) and framed "1/2" handstamps, Calcutta G.P.O. (May 15 with date slug inverted, Giles SD10), London (Nov. 17), and Ayr (Nov. 19) transit backstamps, manuscript rate markings, Fine and scarce, few examples of this Sheerghotty marking are recorded
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10128, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
About this record
This 10 May 1828 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 Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10128.