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Date
23 August 1836
Description
India, Baitool, 1836, "BOITOOL/Pg Pd/18__" Oval Handstamp (Giles 1 -- Unrecorded). Bold and clear strike with manuscript "8as" rate and "23 Augt (18) 36" date added and applied on arrival on back of long folded letter datelined "Bedford 16th April 1836" and originating in London, addressed to Calcutta but then forwarded to Agra and Baitool, faint London despatch datestamp, Calcutta Ship Letter receipt (Giles SR27) and Calcutta backstamp (Giles 15), Very Fine, this marking was unrecorded by Giles and is the only recorded example listed in the Giles census (www.handstruckstampsindia.com)
Auction
Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Sale 1392, 10 November 2026), Lot 324, (2026)
About this Baitool pre stamp cover
COV-5615 is a Baitool pre stamp cover of 23 August 1836 bearing the Baitool HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Baitool postal history — the office known today as Betul, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
India, Baitool, 1836, "BOITOOL/Pg Pd/18__" Oval Handstamp (Giles 1 -- Unrecorded). Bold and clear strike with manuscript "8as" rate and "23 Augt (18) 36" date added and applied on arrival on back of long folded letter datelined "Bedford 16th April 1836" and originating in London, addressed to Calcutta but then forwarded to Agra and Baitool, faint London despatch datestamp, Calcutta Ship Letter receipt (Giles SR27) and Calcutta backstamp (Giles 15), Very Fine, this marking was unrecorded by Giles and is the only recorded example listed in the Giles census (www.handstruckstampsindia.com)
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Sale 1392, 10 November 2026) lot 324 (2026).
2 images of COV-5615 are recorded; the Baitool HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1836.
Questions about COV-5615
- What is COV-5615?
- COV-5615 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Baitool, North Western Provinces of 23 August 1836, bearing the Baitool HG 1 handstamp in black. India, Baitool, 1836, "BOITOOL/Pg Pd/18__" Oval Handstamp (Giles 1 -- Unrecorded). Bold and clear strike with manuscript "8as" rate and "23 Augt (18) 36" date added and applied on arrival on back of long folded letter datelined "Bedford 16th April 1836" and originating in London, addressed to Calcutta but then forwarded to Agra and Baitool, faint London despatch datestamp, Calcutta Ship Letter receipt (Giles SR27) and Calcutta backstamp (Giles 15), Very Fine, this marking was unrecorded by Giles and is the only recorded example listed in the Giles census (www.handstruckstampsindia.com)
- How scarce is the Baitool HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Baitool HG 1 as 2 examples recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1836.
- What is the provenance of COV-5615?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Sale 1392, 10 November 2026) lot 324 (2026).
- When was COV-5615 posted?
- COV-5615 is dated 23 August 1836, within the recorded period of use of Baitool HG 1 (1836).
About this record
This 23 August 1836 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Baitool HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark with 2 examples recorded in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Sale 1392, 10 November 2026), lot 324, (2026).