Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
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 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.