COV-3431
1 April 1854 Rangoon FP 3 Cover
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Date
1 April 1854
Description
(x) Burma Early Circular Datestamps Rangoon 1854 (1 Apr.) envelope (with letter headed "Meeday") ex the Gibbon correspondence to Aberdeen, rated "1/10", showing framed "india" and, on reverse, mainly fine "rangoon/march" double-ring d.s. (Type PS11) with Calcutta, London and arrival datestamps; the top half of face panel with recipient's notation. Photo
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Provenance
"Ruby"
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 1 April 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, 14026, lot 979, (2014); Spink, 21135, lot 29, (2021); Spink, 22014, lot 11, (2022).