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4 January 1855 Mirzapore HG 8 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
4 January 1855
Description
1854, 1a Red, Die II (4B; SG 14). Margins to touching, tied by diamond of dots cancel on Ocean Penny Postage illustrated propaganda cover to London, England, Bradshaw & Blacklock imprint at left, sender's directive "Via Bombay & Southampton", light strike of red Mirzapore despatch (Giles 2) with manuscript "4/1/55" date (Jan. 4), red "INDIA" oval handstamp and rated "1/-" due, Bombay transit and London arrival datestamps, top right corner originally torn off (for stamp) but replaced and repaired VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE USE OF THE ONE-ANNA LITHOGRAPH ON AN OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE COVER. ONLY TWO ARE THOUGHT TO EXIST. The other Ocean Penny Postage cover known to us bears a vertical strip of three 1a and is from the same correspondence (ex Gross and currently in the Heddergott collection). With 1993 Heddergott certificate (where he stated "wahrscheinlich Unikat," probably unique, as he was then unaware of the ex-Gross cover). Stamp has been removed and placed in its original location. Subject to extension.
Auction
Magnolia, Lot 105, (May 2023)
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Mirzapore
12 marks12 other pre-1854 postal markings of Mirzapore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Mirzapore HG 1handstampBlack1817–1827
- Mirzapore HG 2handstampBlack1823–1837
- Mirzapore HG 3handstampBlack1826
- Mirzapore HG 4handstampBlack1833-37
- Mirzapore HG 5handstampRed1838-50
- Mirzapore HG 6handstampBlack1838–1839
- Mirzapore HG 7handstampRed1841–1852
- Mirzapore HG 9handstampBlack1848
- Mirzapore HG 10handstampRed1852
- Mirzapore HG 11handstampRed1854
- Mirzapore HG 12handstampBlack1828–1856
- Mirzapore HG 13handstampRed1846–1851
About this record
This 4 January 1855 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mirzapore HG 8 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Magnolia, lot 105, (May 2023).