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Date
13 March 1820
Description
"CORoMARITIMO" Handstamp. Bold and complete strike of straightline handstamp on folded letter datelined Goa Mar. 13, 1820 and addressed to Lisbon, Portugal, rated "80" reis due on arrival VERY FINE STRIKE OF THE RARE "COROMARITIMO" STRAIGHTLINE FROM GOA. ONLY THREE EXAMPLES ARE THOUGHT TO EXIST--THIS IS THE FINEST STRIKE KNOWN. This "Maritime Mail" handstamp is similar to markings used in other Portuguese areas. It allowed authorities to identify incoming ship mail prior to the creation of markings locally.
Auction
1286, Lot 278, (May 2023)
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Goa
14 marks14 other pre-1854 postal markings of Goa are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Goa FP 2handstampBlack1824–1868
- Goa FP 3handstampRed1838–1862
- Goa FP 4handstampRed1842–1865
- Goa FP 5handstampBlack1845
- Goa FP 6handstampRed1855–1870
- Goa FP 7handstampViolet1865–1871
- Goa FP 8handstampRed1836–1841
- Goa FP 9handstampRed1842–1868
- Goa FP 10handstampViolet1869–1871
- Goa FP 11handstampBlack1865–1868
- Goa FP 12handstampRed1858
- Goa FP 13handstampRed1855
- Goa FP 14handstampRed1866
- Goa FP 15handstamp—
About this record
This 13 March 1820 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Goa FP 1 handstamp of the Goa (Portuguese India), a mark with 5 examples recorded in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 1286, lot 278, (May 2023).