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Date
1850
Description
India, Sumbulpore, 1850, "SUMBULPORE/Paid" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1, 1993 Supplement). Clear strike in red with manuscript "3 Septr. 1850" date and "6 as" rate added on back of cover to Androssan, Scotland, sender's directive "via Calcutta per Oriental via Marseilles" , red framed "INDIA" handstamp, Calcutta and London transit and Androssan (Oct. 21) arrival backstamps, cover with some edgewear, Very Fine, few examples of this Sumbulpore postal marking are recorded
Auction
Sale 9054, Lot 10097, — The Magnolia Collection Part 7
About this Sumbulpore pre stamp cover
COV-506 is a Sumbulpore pre stamp cover of 1850 bearing the Sumbulpore HG 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Sumbulpore postal history — the office known today as Sambalpur, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
India, Sumbulpore, 1850, "SUMBULPORE/Paid" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1, 1993 Supplement). Clear strike in red with manuscript "3 Septr. 1850" date and "6 as" rate added on back of cover to Androssan, Scotland, sender's directive "via Calcutta per Oriental via Marseilles" , red framed "INDIA" handstamp, Calcutta and London transit and Androssan (Oct. 21) arrival backstamps, cover with some edgewear, Very Fine, few examples of this Sumbulpore postal marking are recorded
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9054 lot 10097.
2 images of COV-506 are recorded (front, back); the Sumbulpore HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1841–1850.
Questions about COV-506
- What is COV-506?
- COV-506 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Sumbulpore, Bengal Presidency of 1850, bearing the Sumbulpore HG 1 handstamp in red. India, Sumbulpore, 1850, "SUMBULPORE/Paid" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1, 1993 Supplement). Clear strike in red with manuscript "3 Septr. 1850" date and "6 as" rate added on back of cover to Androssan, Scotland, sender's directive "via Calcutta per Oriental via Marseilles" , red framed "INDIA" handstamp, Calcutta and London transit and Androssan (Oct. 21) arrival backstamps, cover with some edgewear, Very Fine, few examples of this Sumbulpore postal marking are recorded
- How scarce is the Sumbulpore HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Sumbulpore HG 1 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1841–1850.
- What is the provenance of COV-506?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9054 lot 10097.
- When was COV-506 posted?
- COV-506 is dated 1850, within the recorded period of use of Sumbulpore HG 1 (1841–1850).
About this record
This 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Sumbulpore HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9054, lot 10097.