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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 Sheerghotty pre stamp cover
COV-318 is a Sheerghotty pre stamp cover of 10 May 1828 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?
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
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9020 lot 10128.
2 images of COV-318 are recorded (front, back); the Sheerghotty HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1828–1831.
Questions about COV-318
- What is COV-318?
- COV-318 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Sheerghotty, Bengal Presidency of 10 May 1828, bearing the Sheerghotty HG 1 handstamp in black. 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
- 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-318?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9020 lot 10128.
- When was COV-318 posted?
- COV-318 is dated 10 May 1828, within the recorded period of use of Sheerghotty HG 1 (1828–1831).
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.