Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
25 August 1855
Description
India, Used in Burma, 1854, 2a Green (5; SG 31). Large balanced margins, tied by diamond of dots cancel with red "Tongnoo Post Office 1855 AU 25" double-circle datestamp on cover to Secunderabad, Calcutta transit and framed Secunderabad arrival backstamps, receipt docketing also ties stamp to cover, cover with very faint soiling and small corner wrinkle to stamp at top right, Very Fine and quite scarce from Tongnoo, ex Dr. Kornan
Auction
9054, Lot 10140, (May 2026)
Provenance
"Magnolia" Dr. Kornan
About this record
This 25 August 1855 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Tongnoo FP 1 handstamp of the Burma, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 8 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 9054, lot 10140, (May 2026).