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Date
1 September 1856
Description
India, 1854, ½a Blue, Die I (2; SG 2). Large to full margins, cancelled by "94" diamond grid cancel with light strike of "Vingoria Paid" handstamp (unrecorded in Giles) with manuscript "9-1-56" date inserted on large part of small native cover from Goa to Bombay with "GOA/P.P." boxed handstamp FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE. A RARE COVER ORIGINATING IN PORTUGUESE GOA AND SENT VIA VINGORIA WITH A 1854 HALF-ANNA LITHOGRAPH FROM DIE I. Since Goa did not have a British post office (only Damaun) this cover likely was taken to the border of Portuguese India and placed in the mails at Vengurla with the ½a paying the internal rate to Bombay. Ex Dr. Kornan and "Magnolia". With 1990 B.P.A. certificate.
Auction
Provenance
Dr. Kornan "Magnolia"
Certificates
1990 BPA (#31597)
Same office
Other recorded marks at Vingoria
3 marks3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Vingoria are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1 September 1856 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Vingoria FP 2 handstamp of the Goa (Portuguese India), a mark graded “Rare” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 1286, lot 286, (May 2023); Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 1377, lot 4202, (Apr. 2026). Certified: 1990 BPA (#31597).