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Date
1846
Description
Straits Settlements Covers and Cancellations Mail via Singapore 1846 (Nov.) entire from Calcutta to Batavia via Singapore c/o A.L. Johnstone & Co., showing framed "india" and, on reverse, despatch d.s. and fine framed "singapore / Bearing" d.s.; some light overall discolouration. (ID)
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Other recorded marks at Singapore
9 marks9 other pre-1854 postal markings of Singapore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Singapore FP 1handstampBlack1829–1831
- Singapore FP 2handstampBlack1834
- Singapore FP 3handstampBlack1855
- Singapore FP 5handstampBlack1840–1855
- Singapore FP 6handstampBlack1854
- Singapore FP 7handstampBlack1840–1844
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About this Singapore pre stamp cover
COV-5512 is a Singapore pre stamp cover of 1846 bearing the Singapore FP 4 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Singapore postal history, Straits Settlements. What is a pre stamp cover?
Straits Settlements Covers and Cancellations Mail via Singapore 1846 (Nov.) entire from Calcutta to Batavia via Singapore c/o A.L. Johnstone & Co., showing framed "india" and, on reverse, despatch d.s. and fine framed "singapore / Bearing" d.s.; some light overall discolouration. (ID)
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Spink lot 405.
1 image of COV-5512 is recorded; the Singapore FP 4 mark itself is recorded in use 1845–1854.
Questions about COV-5512
- What is COV-5512?
- COV-5512 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Singapore, Straits Settlements of 1846, bearing the Singapore FP 4 handstamp in black. Straits Settlements Covers and Cancellations Mail via Singapore 1846 (Nov.) entire from Calcutta to Batavia via Singapore c/o A.L. Johnstone & Co., showing framed "india" and, on reverse, despatch d.s. and fine framed "singapore / Bearing" d.s.; some light overall discolouration. (ID)
- How scarce is the Singapore FP 4 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Singapore FP 4 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1845–1854.
- What is the provenance of COV-5512?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Spink lot 405.
- When was COV-5512 posted?
- COV-5512 is dated 1846, within the recorded period of use of Singapore FP 4 (1845–1854).
About this record
This 1846 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Singapore FP 4 handstamp of the Straits Settlements, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 36 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, Spink, lot 405.