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Date
20 February 1854
Description
(x) Burma The "Bearing" and "Paid" Datestamps Akyab 1854 (20 Feb.) entire to Amsterdam, marked "Pr Overland Mail via Marseilles", rated "1/-", showing framed "india paid" and "indes or/marseille" c.d.s. in red and, on reverse, fine "akyab/Paid" d.s. (Type PS5) in red with Calcutta transit d.s. alongside; the addressee's name partly inked-in
Auction
Provenance
"Stoltz" "Ruby"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Akyab
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Akyab are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 20 February 1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Akyab FP 4 handstamp of the Burma, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, 21135, lot 15, (2021).