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Date
7 February 1858
Description
India, 1854, 2a Green (5; SG 31). Tight to touching margins, used with 1854, 1a Red, Die I (4; SG 12) and 1856, 4a Black (16; SG 45), 1a margins to touching, 4a with perfs cut all around (possibly an act to imitate the 1854 Lithographs), all tied by bold strikes of barred "10" cancels with red framed "BHRWNDY, Paid" handstamp and manuscript "7-2-58" date added on uprated 1a Brown on Blue entire, addressed to Bath, England, sender's directive "via Marseilles", red framed "INDIA PAID" handstamp, Bombay and London (Mar. 6) transit, the latter also tying 1a and 4a, and Bath arrival datestamps, cover with small edge tear at top, Very Fine and unusual use of an uprated entire
Auction
Sale 1360 - The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5, Lot 187, (2025)
Provenance
Magnolia
Same office
Other recorded marks at Bhawndy
1 markOne other pre-1854 postal marking of Bhawndy is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.
About this Bhawndy pre stamp cover
COV-2676 is a Bhawndy pre stamp cover of 7 February 1858 bearing the Bhawndy HG 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Bhawndy postal history — the office known today as Bhiwandi, Bombay Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
India, 1854, 2a Green (5; SG 31). Tight to touching margins, used with 1854, 1a Red, Die I (4; SG 12) and 1856, 4a Black (16; SG 45), 1a margins to touching, 4a with perfs cut all around (possibly an act to imitate the 1854 Lithographs), all tied by bold strikes of barred "10" cancels with red framed "BHRWNDY, Paid" handstamp and manuscript "7-2-58" date added on uprated 1a Brown on Blue entire, addressed to Bath, England, sender's directive "via Marseilles", red framed "INDIA PAID" handstamp, Bombay and London (Mar. 6) transit, the latter also tying 1a and 4a, and Bath arrival datestamps, cover with small edge tear at top, Very Fine and unusual use of an uprated entire
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 1360 - The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5 lot 187 (2025).
2 images of COV-2676 are recorded (front, back); the Bhawndy HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1838–1858.
Questions about COV-2676
- What is COV-2676?
- COV-2676 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Bhawndy, Bombay Presidency of 7 February 1858, bearing the Bhawndy HG 1 handstamp in red. India, 1854, 2a Green (5; SG 31). Tight to touching margins, used with 1854, 1a Red, Die I (4; SG 12) and 1856, 4a Black (16; SG 45), 1a margins to touching, 4a with perfs cut all around (possibly an act to imitate the 1854 Lithographs), all tied by bold strikes of barred "10" cancels with red framed "BHRWNDY, Paid" handstamp and manuscript "7-2-58" date added on uprated 1a Brown on Blue entire, addressed to Bath, England, sender's directive "via Marseilles", red framed "INDIA PAID" handstamp, Bombay and London (Mar. 6) transit, the latter also tying 1a and 4a, and Bath arrival datestamps, cover with small edge tear at top, Very Fine and unusual use of an uprated entire
- How scarce is the Bhawndy HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Bhawndy HG 1 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1838–1858.
- What is the provenance of COV-2676?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 1360 - The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5 lot 187 (2025).
- When was COV-2676 posted?
- COV-2676 is dated 7 February 1858, within the recorded period of use of Bhawndy HG 1 (1838–1858).
About this record
This 7 February 1858 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bhawndy HG 1 handstamp of the Bombay 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 1360 - The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5, lot 187, (2025).