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Date
1844
Description
India, Goorgong, 1844, "GOORGONG/Paid" Framed Handstamp (Giles unrecorded). Faint but legible strike in red with manuscript "May 44" date and "10" (annas) rate markings on folded letter to Scotland, sender's directive "Overland - Southampton" , red framed "INDIA/PAID" handstamp, red London (Jul. 10) transit and Jul. 12 arrival datestamps, Very Fine
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10045, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
About this Goorgong pre stamp cover
COV-238 is a Goorgong pre stamp cover of 1844 bearing the Goorgong HG 1 handstamp, recorded in the census of Goorgong postal history — the office known today as Gurgaon, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
India, Goorgong, 1844, "GOORGONG/Paid" Framed Handstamp (Giles unrecorded). Faint but legible strike in red with manuscript "May 44" date and "10" (annas) rate markings on folded letter to Scotland, sender's directive "Overland - Southampton" , red framed "INDIA/PAID" handstamp, red London (Jul. 10) transit and Jul. 12 arrival datestamps, Very Fine
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9020 lot 10045.
2 images of COV-238 are recorded (front, back); the Goorgong HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1844.
Questions about COV-238
- What is COV-238?
- COV-238 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Goorgong, North Western Provinces of 1844, bearing the Goorgong HG 1 handstamp. India, Goorgong, 1844, "GOORGONG/Paid" Framed Handstamp (Giles unrecorded). Faint but legible strike in red with manuscript "May 44" date and "10" (annas) rate markings on folded letter to Scotland, sender's directive "Overland - Southampton" , red framed "INDIA/PAID" handstamp, red London (Jul. 10) transit and Jul. 12 arrival datestamps, Very Fine
- How scarce is the Goorgong HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Goorgong HG 1 as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1844.
- What is the provenance of COV-238?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9020 lot 10045.
- When was COV-238 posted?
- COV-238 is dated 1844, within the recorded period of use of Goorgong HG 1 (1844).
About this record
This 1844 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Goorgong HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10045.