Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
1855
Description
Used in Burma, 1854, ½a Pale Blue, Die I (2; SG 3). Vertical pair, margins to touching, tied by diamond of dots cancel with light strike of red Shoaygyeen Post Office 1855 double-circle datestamp at lower left of cover to Moulmein, Very Fine, the Shoaygyeen datestamp is rare--Davis & Martin lists it as not known on cover
Auction
1286, Lot 209, (May 2023)
Provenance
"Magnolia"
About this record
This 1855 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Shoagyeen FP 1 handstamp of the Burma, a mark with 2 examples recorded in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 1286, lot 209, (May 2023).