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Date
1846
Description
MAURITIUS Early Letters and Handstamps 1846 (1 Feb.) entire letter from Port Louis to Bordeaux, variously rated, showing framed "aden / Paid" in red with manuscript "8as" inserted, circular "purife au lazaret/malte" h.s., red Marseilles entry d.s. and, on reverse, legible "mauritius/post office" double-ring d.s. in red, Alexandria British PO transit d.s. and arrival c.d.s.; the entire with a few small faults. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Auction
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Other recorded marks at Aden
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Aden are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Aden pre stamp cover
COV-5503 is an Aden pre stamp cover of 1846 bearing the Aden FP 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Aden postal history, Aden. What is a pre stamp cover?
MAURITIUS Early Letters and Handstamps 1846 (1 Feb.) entire letter from Port Louis to Bordeaux, variously rated, showing framed "aden / Paid" in red with manuscript "8as" inserted, circular "purife au lazaret/malte" h.s., red Marseilles entry d.s. and, on reverse, legible "mauritius/post office" double-ring d.s. in red, Alexandria British PO transit d.s. and arrival c.d.s.; the entire with a few small faults. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink The Robert Marion Collection of Mauritius Stamps and Postal History (Sale 13048) lot 4020 (14 November 2013).
1 image of COV-5503 is recorded; the Aden FP 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1842–1868.
Questions about COV-5503
- What is COV-5503?
- COV-5503 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Aden, Aden of 1846, bearing the Aden FP 1 handstamp in red. MAURITIUS Early Letters and Handstamps 1846 (1 Feb.) entire letter from Port Louis to Bordeaux, variously rated, showing framed "aden / Paid" in red with manuscript "8as" inserted, circular "purife au lazaret/malte" h.s., red Marseilles entry d.s. and, on reverse, legible "mauritius/post office" double-ring d.s. in red, Alexandria British PO transit d.s. and arrival c.d.s.; the entire with a few small faults. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
- How scarce is the Aden FP 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Aden FP 1 as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1842–1868.
- What is the provenance of COV-5503?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink The Robert Marion Collection of Mauritius Stamps and Postal History (Sale 13048) lot 4020 (14 November 2013).
- When was COV-5503 posted?
- COV-5503 is dated 1846, within the recorded period of use of Aden FP 1 (1842–1868).
About this record
This 1846 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Aden FP 1 handstamp of the Aden, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, The Robert Marion Collection of Mauritius Stamps and Postal History (Sale 13048), lot 4020, (14 November 2013).