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Date
1850
Description
Straits Settlements Covers and Cancellations Mail via Singapore 1850 (26 Sept.) entire letter from Batavia to England, marked "via Marseilles" , rated "1/10" and showing, on reverse, framed "singapore / Bearing" d.s. overstruck by blue Penrith arrival d.s., and red London transit c.d.s.; and 1858 (15 May) entire letter from Manila to Edinburgh, rated "9" and showing, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s. in black, London (15.7) and arrival datestamps. (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 4handstampBlack1845–1854
- Singapore FP 6handstampBlack1854
- Singapore FP 7handstampBlack1840–1844
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About this Singapore pre stamp cover
COV-5522 is a Singapore pre stamp cover of 1850 bearing the Singapore FP 5 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 1850 (26 Sept.) entire letter from Batavia to England, marked "via Marseilles" , rated "1/10" and showing, on reverse, framed "singapore / Bearing" d.s. overstruck by blue Penrith arrival d.s., and red London transit c.d.s.; and 1858 (15 May) entire letter from Manila to Edinburgh, rated "9" and showing, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s. in black, London (15.7) and arrival datestamps. (ID)
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Spink lot 407.
2 images of COV-5522 are recorded; the Singapore FP 5 mark itself is recorded in use 1840–1855.
Questions about COV-5522
- What is COV-5522?
- COV-5522 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Singapore, Straits Settlements of 1850, bearing the Singapore FP 5 handstamp in black. Straits Settlements Covers and Cancellations Mail via Singapore 1850 (26 Sept.) entire letter from Batavia to England, marked "via Marseilles" , rated "1/10" and showing, on reverse, framed "singapore / Bearing" d.s. overstruck by blue Penrith arrival d.s., and red London transit c.d.s.; and 1858 (15 May) entire letter from Manila to Edinburgh, rated "9" and showing, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s. in black, London (15.7) and arrival datestamps. (ID)
- How scarce is the Singapore FP 5 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Singapore FP 5 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1840–1855.
- What is the provenance of COV-5522?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Spink lot 407.
- When was COV-5522 posted?
- COV-5522 is dated 1850, within the recorded period of use of Singapore FP 5 (1840–1855).
About this record
This 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Singapore FP 5 handstamp of the Straits Settlements, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 20 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, Spink, lot 407.