Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
1855
Description
Used in Burma, 1854, ½a Blue, Die I (2; SG 2). Horizontal strip of three, large balanced margins all around, rich color, cancelled by diamond of dots with black Rangoon Post Office January 1855 double-circle datestamp on back of cover to Calcutta, Calcutta Feb. 1, 1855 arrival backstamp, Extremely Fine, a choice strip of three of the ½a on cover with the very rare black Rangoon Post Office cancel, very few strikes are thought to exist, ex Dr. Kornan
Auction
1286, Lot 206, (May 2023)
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 1855 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Rangoon FP 4 handstamp of the Burma, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 1286, lot 206, (May 2023).