COV-3446
1 August 1854 Thayetmyo FP 1 Cover
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Date
1 August 1854
Description
(x) Burma Early Circular Datestamps Thayetmyo 1854 (1 Aug.) unstamped envelope (with letter) ex the Gibbon correspondence to Aberdeen, marked "via Marseilles", rated "1/10", showing red framed "india" and, on reverse, very fine "thayetmyo/post office" double-ring d.s. in black (Type D1; earliest recorded date) and red Calcutta transit d.s.; recipient's notation across top half of face panel. Photo
Auction
Provenance
"Stoltz" "Ruby"
About this record
This 1 August 1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Thayetmyo FP 1 handstamp of the Burma, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, 13030, lot 230, (2013); Spink, 21135, lot 31, (2021); Spink, 22014, lot 12, (2022).