COV-3351
15 October 1855 Tongnoo Cover
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Date
15 October 1855
Description
Burma Diamond of Dots Cancellation combined with Post Office Datestamps 1855 (15 Oct.) front from Tongnoo "via Rangoon & Calcutta" to London, bearing 2a. green (5) with margins in places and each clearly cancelled, showing fine "tongnoo/post office" c.d.s. alongside framed "india paid" handstamp, also showing manuscript "2/-" rate mark and London Paid d.s., all in red. A fine and rare combination.
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About this Tongnoo pre stamp cover
COV-3351 is a Tongnoo pre stamp cover of 15 October 1855 bearing the Tongnoo FP 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Tongnoo postal history, Burma. What is a pre stamp cover?
Burma Diamond of Dots Cancellation combined with Post Office Datestamps 1855 (15 Oct.) front from Tongnoo "via Rangoon & Calcutta" to London, bearing 2a. green (5) with margins in places and each clearly cancelled, showing fine "tongnoo/post office" c.d.s. alongside framed "india paid" handstamp, also showing manuscript "2/-" rate mark and London Paid d.s., all in red. A fine and rare combination.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink 24115 lot 5044 (2024).
2 images of COV-3351 are recorded; the Tongnoo FP 1 mark itself is recorded in use —.
Questions about COV-3351
- What is COV-3351?
- COV-3351 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Tongnoo, Burma of 15 October 1855, bearing the Tongnoo FP 1 handstamp in black. Burma Diamond of Dots Cancellation combined with Post Office Datestamps 1855 (15 Oct.) front from Tongnoo "via Rangoon & Calcutta" to London, bearing 2a. green (5) with margins in places and each clearly cancelled, showing fine "tongnoo/post office" c.d.s. alongside framed "india paid" handstamp, also showing manuscript "2/-" rate mark and London Paid d.s., all in red. A fine and rare combination.
- How scarce is the Tongnoo FP 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Tongnoo FP 1 as very scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use —.
- What is the provenance of COV-3351?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink 24115 lot 5044 (2024).
- When was COV-3351 posted?
- COV-3351 is dated 15 October 1855, within the recorded period of use of Tongnoo FP 1 (—).
About this record
This 15 October 1855 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Tongnoo FP 1 handstamp of the Burma, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — one of 11 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, 24115, lot 5044, (2024).