COV-3428
February 1854 Rangoon FP 3 Cover
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Date
February 1854
Description
Burma The "Stoltz" Collection of Postal History Rangoon 1854 (6 and 9 February) envelope with two original letters written at Prome, ex the "Gibbon" correspondence to Aberdeen, showing on reverse manuscript "Bearing", good to fine "rangoon/february" double-ring d.s. (Type PS10) with red Calcutta and London transit datestamps and green arrival c.d.s. (14.4) alongside. Attractive. Photo
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Provenance
"Stolz"
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 February 1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Rangoon FP 3 handstamp of the Burma, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — one of 11 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, 13030, lot 3, (2013).