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Date
11 July 1842
Description
India, Kamptee, 1842, "KAMPTEE/Paid" Framed Handstamp (Giles 3). Bold strike in red with manuscript "11 July 1842" date and "8 As" rate markings on back of folded mourning-lined letter to Manchester, England, sender's directive "Paid - Overland Letter Via Falmouth" , red "INDIA" oval handstamp, Manchester (Sept. 9) arrival backstamp, manuscript rate marking, Very Fine and choice strike
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10061, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
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 1handstampBlack1831–1836
- Kamptee HG 2handstampBlack1825–1837
- Kamptee HG 3handstampRed1837–1849
- Kamptee HG 4handstampBlack1843–1846
- 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 11 July 1842 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kamptee HG 5 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10061.