COV-1681
1 May 1837 Bombay SR2 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
1 May 1837
Description
Bombay: 1837 (1 May) entire letter from London showing, on reverse, manuscript forwarding agent cachet of Ritchie Steuart and Co. at Bombay together with partially legible strikes of the oval-framed "BOMBAY/POST Nt PAID" (HG 15) and rare framed "INLAND/STEAMER/POSTAGE/BOMBAY" (HG SR2), together with fine framed "STEAM POSTAGE/INLAND DO/TOTAL" (HG SR44, the earliest recorded date of use). Photo.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Bombay
109 marks109 other pre-1854 postal markings of Bombay are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Bombay HG AhandstampBlack1790
- Bombay HG 1handstampBlack1800
- Bombay HG 1BhandstampBlack1800–1801
- Bombay HG 2handstampBlack1804–1818
- Bombay HG 3handstampBlack1804–1806
- Bombay HG 4handstampBlack1809–1815
- Bombay HG 5handstampBlack1808–1814
- Bombay HG 6handstampBlack1815
- Bombay HG 7handstampRed1823-33
- Bombay HG 8handstampBlack1820–1825
- Bombay HG 9handstampRed1824-25
- Bombay HG 10handstampRed1824-25
- Bombay HG 10AhandstampRed1825
- Bombay HG 11handstampBlack1826-27
- Bombay HG 12handstampBlack1829–1834
- Bombay HG 13handstampRed1830–1831
- Bombay HG 14handstampRed1831-37
- Bombay HG 15handstampBlack1834–1837
- Bombay HG 16handstampRed1836
- Bombay HG 17handstampBlack1836
- Bombay HG 18handstampRed1838–1856
- Bombay HG 18ahandstampRed1840-58
- Bombay HG 19handstampRed1837–1840
- Bombay HG 20handstampBlack1839–1854
- Bombay HG 21handstampBlack1845–1857
- Bombay HG 22handstampBlack1841–1854
- Bombay HG 23handstampRed1838–1853
- Bombay HG 24handstampRed1852–1855
- Bombay HG 25handstampBlack1838–1846
- Bombay HG 25ahandstampRed??
- Bombay HG 26handstampRed1852–1859
- Bombay HG 27handstampBlack1851-69
- Bombay HG 28handstampRed1852-59
- Bombay HG 29handstampBlack1858–1859
- Bombay G1handstampBlack1824–1827
- Bombay G2handstampBlack1843-44
- Bombay G3handstampBlack1844-59
- Bombay G4handstampBlack1848–1855
- Bombay G5handstampBlack1858
- Bombay SD1handstampBlack1802–1818
- Bombay SD2handstampBlack1816–1819
- Bombay SD3handstampRed1819–1840
- Bombay SD4handstampRed1831–1847
- Bombay SD5handstampBlack1831
- Bombay SD6handstampBlack1837–1838
- Bombay SD7handstampBlack1837–1856
- Bombay SD8handstampRed1844-64
- Bombay SD9handstampRed1844-57
- Bombay SD10handstampRed1846–1866
- Bombay SD11handstampRed1849–1855
- Bombay SD12handstampBlack1852–1856
- Bombay SD13handstampBlack1856-74
- Bombay SD14handstampBlack1857
- Bombay SD15handstampBlack1874
- Bombay SR1handstampBlack1836-37
- Bombay SR3handstampBlack1837–1860
- Bombay SR4handstampBlack1837-56
- Bombay SR5handstampBlack1843
- Bombay SR6handstampBlack1844-57
- Bombay SR7handstampBlack1847
- Bombay SR8handstampBlack1865
- Bombay SR9handstampBlack1866-67
- Bombay SR10handstampBlack1865
- Bombay SR11handstampBlack1860–1867
- Bombay SR12handstampBlack1860-67
- Bombay SR13handstampBlack1846–1852
- Bombay SR14handstampBlack1860-67
- Bombay SR15handstampBlack1860-67
- Bombay SR16handstampBlack1860-67
- Bombay SR17handstampBlack1860-67
- Bombay SR18handstampBlack1860-67
- Bombay SR19handstampBlack1860
- Bombay SR20handstampBlack1865–1866
- Bombay SR21handstampBlack1866
- Bombay SR22handstampBlack1866
- Bombay SR23handstampBlack1866
- Bombay SR24handstampBlack1866
- Bombay SR25handstampBlack1866
- Bombay SR26handstampBlack1857-72
- Bombay SR27handstampBlack1851
- Bombay SR28handstampBlack1857-78
- Bombay SR29handstampBlack1859-70
- Bombay SR30handstampBlack1861
- Bombay SR31handstampBlack1870
- Bombay SR32handstampBlack1858–1871
- Bombay SR33handstampBlack1857-72
- Bombay SR34handstampBlack1872
- Bombay SR35handstampBlack1868-71
- Bombay SR36handstampBlack1868-71
- Bombay SR37handstampBlack1869
- Bombay SR38handstampBlack1869
- Bombay SR39handstampBlack1870
- Bombay SR40handstampBlack1865
- Bombay SR41handstampBlack1873
- Bombay X1handstampBlack1851–1867
- Bombay X2handstampBlack1858
- Bombay X3handstampBlack1858
- Bombay X4handstampBlack1851
- Bombay X5handstampBlack1855
- Bombay X6handstampBlack1855
- Bombay X7handstampBlack?
- Bombay X8handstampBlack1854-57
- Bombay X9handstampBlack?
- Bombay X10handstampBlack1848–1853
- Bombay X11handstampRed1860–1862
- Bombay X12handstampBlack1860-73
- Bombay X13handstampBlack1854
- Bombay X14handstampRed1858
- Bombay X15handstampBlack1872
About this record
This 1 May 1837 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bombay SR2 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 57.