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Date
25 August 1836
Description
PORTUGUESE INDIA, "PAGOV PORTE DO CORo" Handstamp. Clear two-line handstamp in red on back of folded cover dated Aug. 25 and 29, 1836, addressed to Bombay, additionally struck with red "GOA" handstamp, sender's directive "via Belgaum", red "Belgaum Post Paid" handstamp (Giles 1, unrecorded in red) applied in transit, opening tears affecting handstamps and cover with minor overall soiling, still Fine and scarce combination of postal markings
Auction
1301, Lot 6225, (Nov. 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 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 25 August 1836 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Goa FP 8 handstamp of the Goa (Portuguese India), a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 7 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 1301, lot 6225, (Nov. 2023).