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Date
1858
Description
India, 1854, 1a Red, Die II (4B; SG 14). Horizontal strip of three, huge to large margins on each side, light printing, tied by well-struck dotted "C/1" cancels on 1858 blue folded cover to Rangoon, Burma, sender's directive "Per Ship Constance", red "Madras 1858 AP 10" despatch datestamp on back, blue "RANGOON/SHIP LETTER/Bg _ ANNA" handstamp with manuscript "1" rate added, blue Rangoon (May 9) arrival datestamp, cover with trace of bleaching around cancels and trivial ink erosion to front panel, Very Fine, a very late use of the 1854 Lithograph, ex Dr. Kornan
Auction
9054, Lot 10123, (May 2026)
Provenance
"Magnolia" Dr. Kornan
Same office
Other recorded marks at Rangoon
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Rangoon are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1858 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Rangoon FP 1 handstamp of the Burma, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 9054, lot 10123, (May 2026).