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Date
1859
Description
AKYAB - INDIA ½a BLUE P. STAT. COVER WITH "B/5" OCTAGON & RED BOXED "AKYAB/SHIP LETTER" D.S.; 3 July 1859 ½a Blue EL (ordering sherry & beer; flap half removed & the other half cut for display) from "Akyab" to Calcutta "Per [Ship] Baltic" with the embossed stamp cancelled by sender's manuscript "Stamped" and a fair "B/5" Akyab Octagon, but also having a very fine rare red boxed "AKYAB/SHIP LETTER/PAID" d.s. with v. fine orange-red boxed "CALCUTTA/SHIP LETTER/PAID" d.s. both nicely placed on the lower flap. Rare thus. Exhibition Quality. [Ex Cavendish 'Filby' auction, 13/12/2007, lot 38, realised £520.]Cross Reference: INDIA, POSTAL STATIONERY, MARITIME MAIL
Auction
Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, Lot 444, (2019)
Same office
Other recorded marks at Akyab
6 marks6 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 Akyab pre stamp cover
COV-4881 is an Akyab pre stamp cover of 1859 bearing the Akyab FP 7 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Akyab postal history, Burma. What is a pre stamp cover?
AKYAB - INDIA ½a BLUE P. STAT. COVER WITH "B/5" OCTAGON & RED BOXED "AKYAB/SHIP LETTER" D.S.; 3 July 1859 ½a Blue EL (ordering sherry & beer; flap half removed & the other half cut for display) from "Akyab" to Calcutta "Per [Ship] Baltic" with the embossed stamp cancelled by sender's manuscript "Stamped" and a fair "B/5" Akyab Octagon, but also having a very fine rare red boxed "AKYAB/SHIP LETTER/PAID" d.s. with v. fine orange-red boxed "CALCUTTA/SHIP LETTER/PAID" d.s. both nicely placed on the lower flap. Rare thus. Exhibition Quality. [Ex Cavendish 'Filby' auction, 13/12/2007, lot 38, realised £520.]Cross Reference: INDIA, POSTAL STATIONERY, MARITIME MAIL
Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History lot 444 (2019).
1 image of COV-4881 is recorded; the Akyab FP 7 mark itself is recorded in use 1859–1860.
Questions about COV-4881
- What is COV-4881?
- COV-4881 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Akyab, Burma of 1859, bearing the Akyab FP 7 handstamp in red. AKYAB - INDIA ½a BLUE P. STAT. COVER WITH "B/5" OCTAGON & RED BOXED "AKYAB/SHIP LETTER" D.S.; 3 July 1859 ½a Blue EL (ordering sherry & beer; flap half removed & the other half cut for display) from "Akyab" to Calcutta "Per [Ship] Baltic" with the embossed stamp cancelled by sender's manuscript "Stamped" and a fair "B/5" Akyab Octagon, but also having a very fine rare red boxed "AKYAB/SHIP LETTER/PAID" d.s. with v. fine orange-red boxed "CALCUTTA/SHIP LETTER/PAID" d.s. both nicely placed on the lower flap. Rare thus. Exhibition Quality. [Ex Cavendish 'Filby' auction, 13/12/2007, lot 38, realised £520.]Cross Reference: INDIA, POSTAL STATIONERY, MARITIME MAIL
- How scarce is the Akyab FP 7 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Akyab FP 7 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1859–1860.
- What is the provenance of COV-4881?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History lot 444 (2019).
- When was COV-4881 posted?
- COV-4881 is dated 1859, within the recorded period of use of Akyab FP 7 (1859–1860).
About this record
This 1859 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Akyab FP 7 handstamp of the Burma, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, lot 444, (2019).