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Date
13 June 1831
Description
LONDON/KAMPTEE - “INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LONDON” WITH BOXED “KAMPTEE/POST FREE”; 13 June 1831 EL (corner fault; unnecessarily professionally silked back-and-front, with contents sheet separated for display) from “Camp Kamptee” to Ireland (faint Waterford backstamp) having a mainly fine large encircled “INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LONDON” (Rob. In.Sol.4) on the front and a superb boxed “KAMPTEE/POST FREE” (HG1; early usage) on the lower flap. [Could benefit from the silk being removed to make the marks more readily visible.] Rare thus. PHOTO - see page 43.
Auction
Manning, Lot 137, (Sept. 2015)
Provenance
Michael Manning
Same office
Other recorded marks at Kamptee
11 marks11 other pre-1854 postal markings of Kamptee are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Kamptee HG 2handstampBlack1825–1837
- Kamptee HG 3handstampRed1837–1849
- Kamptee HG 4handstampBlack1843–1846
- Kamptee HG 5handstampRed1836–1853
- Kamptee HG 6handstampRed1849–1854
- Kamptee HG 7handstampBlack1849–1854
- Kamptee HG 8handstampRed1853
- Kamptee HG 9handstampRed1852
- Kamptee HG 10handstampRed1848–1854
- Kamptee HG 11handstampRed1849
- Kamptee HG 12handstampBlue1852
About this record
This 13 June 1831 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kamptee HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Manning, lot 137, (Sept. 2015).