Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
23 February 1837
Description
1837 : H.G. 1: This cover has the only recorded example of the "TUMLOOK / POST OFFICE" despatch mark on a LETTER POSTED ON 23rd February, 1837. TUMLOOK was famous for Indigo, silk and copper. It was also a place of great pilgrimage. Earlier the Hindu tradition place was 8 miles off the sea, but the process of land-making at the mouth of the river Hooghly has gone on slowly and steadily, and has left Tumlook an island village, which is now 60 miles away from the sea.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Tumlook
2 marks2 other pre-1854 postal markings of Tumlook are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Tumlook pre stamp cover
COV-766 is a Tumlook pre stamp cover of 23 February 1837 bearing the Tumlook HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Tumlook postal history — the office known today as Tamluk, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1837 : H.G. 1: This cover has the only recorded example of the "TUMLOOK / POST OFFICE" despatch mark on a LETTER POSTED ON 23rd February, 1837. TUMLOOK was famous for Indigo, silk and copper. It was also a place of great pilgrimage. Earlier the Hindu tradition place was 8 miles off the sea, but the process of land-making at the mouth of the river Hooghly has gone on slowly and steadily, and has left Tumlook an island village, which is now 60 miles away from the sea.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 148 (Oct. 2000).
1 image of COV-766 is recorded; the Tumlook HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1837.
Questions about COV-766
- What is COV-766?
- COV-766 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Tumlook, Bengal Presidency of 23 February 1837, bearing the Tumlook HG 1 handstamp in black. 1837 : H.G. 1: This cover has the only recorded example of the "TUMLOOK / POST OFFICE" despatch mark on a LETTER POSTED ON 23rd February, 1837. TUMLOOK was famous for Indigo, silk and copper. It was also a place of great pilgrimage. Earlier the Hindu tradition place was 8 miles off the sea, but the process of land-making at the mouth of the river Hooghly has gone on slowly and steadily, and has left Tumlook an island village, which is now 60 miles away from the sea.
- How scarce is the Tumlook HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Tumlook HG 1 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1837.
- What is the provenance of COV-766?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 148 (Oct. 2000).
- When was COV-766 posted?
- COV-766 is dated 23 February 1837, within the recorded period of use of Tumlook HG 1 (1837).
About this record
This 23 February 1837 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Tumlook HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 148, (Oct. 2000).