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Date
1855
Description
SHREWSBURY SPOON EMBOSSED FRANKING TO INDIA; 18 Jan. 1855 env. (small faint stains) to Jaulnah franked pair 6d Embossed, margins large to touching with two strikes of the Shrewsbury spoon one of which ties them and with a framed Bombay transit d.s. on front. Rear with "SHAWBURY" UDC, London d.s. and Jaulnah d.s.Very scarce franking. Ex Atkinson. Cross Reference: INDIA, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC.
Auction
Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, Lot 1581, (2021)
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About this Bombay pre stamp cover
COV-4893 is a Bombay pre stamp cover of 1855 bearing the Bombay HG 21 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Bombay postal history — the office known today as Mumbai, Bombay Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
SHREWSBURY SPOON EMBOSSED FRANKING TO INDIA; 18 Jan. 1855 env. (small faint stains) to Jaulnah franked pair 6d Embossed, margins large to touching with two strikes of the Shrewsbury spoon one of which ties them and with a framed Bombay transit d.s. on front. Rear with "SHAWBURY" UDC, London d.s. and Jaulnah d.s.Very scarce franking. Ex Atkinson. Cross Reference: INDIA, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC.
Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History lot 1581 (2021).
1 image of COV-4893 is recorded; the Bombay HG 21 mark itself is recorded in use 1845–1859.
Questions about COV-4893
- What is COV-4893?
- COV-4893 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Bombay, Bombay Presidency of 1855, bearing the Bombay HG 21 handstamp in black. SHREWSBURY SPOON EMBOSSED FRANKING TO INDIA; 18 Jan. 1855 env. (small faint stains) to Jaulnah franked pair 6d Embossed, margins large to touching with two strikes of the Shrewsbury spoon one of which ties them and with a framed Bombay transit d.s. on front. Rear with "SHAWBURY" UDC, London d.s. and Jaulnah d.s.Very scarce franking. Ex Atkinson. Cross Reference: INDIA, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC.
- How scarce is the Bombay HG 21 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Bombay HG 21 as very common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1845–1859.
- What is the provenance of COV-4893?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History lot 1581 (2021).
- When was COV-4893 posted?
- COV-4893 is dated 1855, within the recorded period of use of Bombay HG 21 (1845–1859).
About this record
This 1855 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bombay HG 21 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Very common” in this census — one of 18 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, lot 1581, (2021).