COV-2086
1 September 1852 Calicut HG 3 Cover
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Date
1 September 1852
Description
India, Calicut, 1843-52, "CALICUT/Paid" and "CALICUT/Bearing" Framed Handstamps (Giles 2-3). Two covers, first red "Paid" with manuscript "28 6 43" date and "3as" rate added on back of petite folded cover to Madras, red framed "AM" handstamp, second black "Bearing" with manuscript "1-9-52" date added on back of incoming cover from Bombay, Bombay Aug. 23, 1852 despatch datestamp with manuscript "R 1" rate added, latter with slight bleaching around Calicut handstamp, otherwise Very Fine pair, the "Bearing" marking is a particularly late use (only recorded in 1840 by Giles)
Auction
Lot 10046, (Nov. 2025)
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Calicut
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Calicut 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 1852 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calicut HG 3 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, lot 10046, (Nov. 2025).