30 July 1840 Waghorn Sidebottom 10 Cover

30 July 1840

Egypt, 1840, "To the care of/MR. WAGHORN" (Sidebottom 10; Smith 10). Fairly readable strike of two-line boxed handstamp on folded letter datelined Calcutta Jul. 30, 1840 and addressed to London England, sender's directive "p Overland via Marseilles", red "INDIA" boxed handstamp, red Calcutta Steam Lettter Jul. 30 and Marseilles Sep. 21 transit and London Oct. 6 arrival backstamps, rated "3/6", cover with slight overall toning FINE AND SCARCE STRIKE OF THE WAGHORN TYPE 10 HANDSTAMP—SMITH RECORDS ONLY 21 EXAMPLES. Smith records 21 examples of this handstamp, dated between Sep. 30, 1836, and Jan. 1, 1842.

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