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Date
1859 JU 1
Description
1854, 2 a. green, ample to large margins, tied by octagonal "B/5" to letter sheet to Rangoon, showing on reverse red boxed "AKYAB SHIP LETTER /1859 JU 1/PAID" and oval "FORWARDED BY JOHN OGILVY HAY & Co./AKYAB". Very fine and scarce.
Auction
Heinrich Koehler Auctions GmbH & Co. KG Sale - 385, Lot 1717, (2025)
Same office
Other recorded marks at Rangoon
5 marks5 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 Rangoon pre stamp cover
COV-5229 is a Rangoon pre stamp cover of 1859 JU 1 bearing the Rangoon FP 6 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Rangoon postal history, Burma. What is a pre stamp cover?
1854, 2 a. green, ample to large margins, tied by octagonal "B/5" to letter sheet to Rangoon, showing on reverse red boxed "AKYAB SHIP LETTER /1859 JU 1/PAID" and oval "FORWARDED BY JOHN OGILVY HAY & Co./AKYAB". Very fine and scarce.
Its recorded auction history runs through Heinrich Köhler Heinrich Koehler Auctions GmbH & Co. KG Sale - 385 lot 1717 (2025).
1 image of COV-5229 is recorded (front); the Rangoon FP 6 mark itself is recorded in use 1858–1859.
Questions about COV-5229
- What is COV-5229?
- COV-5229 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Rangoon, Burma of 1859 JU 1, bearing the Rangoon FP 6 handstamp in red. 1854, 2 a. green, ample to large margins, tied by octagonal "B/5" to letter sheet to Rangoon, showing on reverse red boxed "AKYAB SHIP LETTER /1859 JU 1/PAID" and oval "FORWARDED BY JOHN OGILVY HAY & Co./AKYAB". Very fine and scarce.
- How scarce is the Rangoon FP 6 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Rangoon FP 6 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1858–1859.
- What is the provenance of COV-5229?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Heinrich Köhler Heinrich Koehler Auctions GmbH & Co. KG Sale - 385 lot 1717 (2025).
- When was COV-5229 posted?
- COV-5229 is dated 1859 JU 1, within the recorded period of use of Rangoon FP 6 (1858–1859).
About this record
This 1859 JU 1 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Rangoon FP 6 handstamp of the Burma, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 8 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Heinrich Köhler, Heinrich Koehler Auctions GmbH & Co. KG Sale - 385, lot 1717, (2025).