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Description
Postal cover from kolapore (bombay), bearing HG 1A handstamp in Red. Note: The original catalogue of handstruck stamps did not list anything from Kolapore. It first appears in page 10 of the 2000 Supplement and only HG 1 is listed. The illustration in the 2000 Supplement shows the name, date, ‘Paid’ and the charge all in manuscript. However, the actual impression listed below shows ‘Paid’ as part of the stamp, in red. The format is consistent with the stamps introduced across British India after the 1837 Postal Act. This brings into question the accuracy of the illustration in the 2000 Supplement. A request goes out to any collector in possession of Giles 1 ( as illustrated in the 2000 Supplement) to send a scan to the author. For comparison, we can also record for the first time an example of the Kolapore Paid ‘slide’ stamp.. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
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Other recorded marks at Kolapore
3 marks3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Kolapore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Kolapore pre stamp cover
COV-956 is a Kolapore pre stamp cover bearing the Kolapore HG 1A handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Kolapore postal history — the office known today as Kolhapur, Bombay Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from kolapore (bombay), bearing HG 1A handstamp in Red. Note: The original catalogue of handstruck stamps did not list anything from Kolapore. It first appears in page 10 of the 2000 Supplement and only HG 1 is listed. The illustration in the 2000 Supplement shows the name, date, ‘Paid’ and the charge all in manuscript. However, the actual impression listed below shows ‘Paid’ as part of the stamp, in red. The format is consistent with the stamps introduced across British India after the 1837 Postal Act. This brings into question the accuracy of the illustration in the 2000 Supplement. A request goes out to any collector in possession of Giles 1 ( as illustrated in the 2000 Supplement) to send a scan to the author. For comparison, we can also record for the first time an example of the Kolapore Paid ‘slide’ stamp.. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
2 images of COV-956 are recorded; the Kolapore HG 1A mark itself is recorded in use 1846.
Questions about COV-956
- What is COV-956?
- COV-956 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Kolapore, Bombay Presidency, bearing the Kolapore HG 1A handstamp in red. Postal cover from kolapore (bombay), bearing HG 1A handstamp in Red. Note: The original catalogue of handstruck stamps did not list anything from Kolapore. It first appears in page 10 of the 2000 Supplement and only HG 1 is listed. The illustration in the 2000 Supplement shows the name, date, ‘Paid’ and the charge all in manuscript. However, the actual impression listed below shows ‘Paid’ as part of the stamp, in red. The format is consistent with the stamps introduced across British India after the 1837 Postal Act. This brings into question the accuracy of the illustration in the 2000 Supplement. A request goes out to any collector in possession of Giles 1 ( as illustrated in the 2000 Supplement) to send a scan to the author. For comparison, we can also record for the first time an example of the Kolapore Paid ‘slide’ stamp.. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Kolapore HG 1A mark on this cover?
- The census grades Kolapore HG 1A as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1846.
- What is the provenance of COV-956?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kolapore HG 1A handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Private.