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Date
28 July 1869
Description
"GOA P.P." Handstamp. Boxed handstamp in a muddled violet color with manuscript "28-7-69" date on back of folded printed speech addressed to Villa da Feira, Portugal, manuscript "Pagou 20 reis", "POR ALEXANDRIA" and "FRANCA" handstamps, Lisbon transit and Feira arrival datestamps, minor edgewear and toned spots, Fine, a scarce printed circular sent from Goa to Portugal, speech headed "O discurso do commisario dos estudos de Goa na abertura das aulas do lyceu, no.1Ä de julho de 1869"
Auction
1286, Lot 296, (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 1handstampBlack1819–1827
- 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 11handstampBlack1865–1868
- Goa FP 12handstampRed1858
- Goa FP 13handstampRed1855
- Goa FP 14handstampRed1866
- Goa FP 15handstamp—
About this record
This 28 July 1869 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Goa FP 10 handstamp of the Goa (Portuguese India), a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 1286, lot 296, (May 2023).