COV-2399
5 April 1849 Sultapore Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
Date
5 April 1849
Description
1849 Sultapore – Mussauree inland entire, with Sultapore Giles 1 "SULTAPORE/Bearing" despatch handstamp, date "5 Apl 49" & rate "8as" (bearing 8A double-letter inland postage, for a letter between ½–1 Tolah, sent between 500–600 miles; the distance between Sultapore and Mussauree was around 520 miles) applied in manuscript. No delivery mark applied.
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About this Sultapore pre stamp cover
COV-2399 is a Sultapore pre stamp cover of 5 April 1849 bearing the Sultapore HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Sultapore postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
1849 Sultapore – Mussauree inland entire, with Sultapore Giles 1 "SULTAPORE/Bearing" despatch handstamp, date "5 Apl 49" & rate "8as" (bearing 8A double-letter inland postage, for a letter between ½–1 Tolah, sent between 500–600 miles; the distance between Sultapore and Mussauree was around 520 miles) applied in manuscript. No delivery mark applied.
Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
1 image of COV-2399 is recorded (front); the Sultapore HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1845–1849.
Questions about COV-2399
- What is COV-2399?
- COV-2399 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Sultapore, North Western Provinces of 5 April 1849, bearing the Sultapore HG 1 handstamp in black. 1849 Sultapore – Mussauree inland entire, with Sultapore Giles 1 "SULTAPORE/Bearing" despatch handstamp, date "5 Apl 49" & rate "8as" (bearing 8A double-letter inland postage, for a letter between ½–1 Tolah, sent between 500–600 miles; the distance between Sultapore and Mussauree was around 520 miles) applied in manuscript. No delivery mark applied.
- How scarce is the Sultapore HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Sultapore HG 1 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1845–1849.
- What is the provenance of COV-2399?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
- When was COV-2399 posted?
- COV-2399 is dated 5 April 1849, within the recorded period of use of Sultapore HG 1 (1845–1849).
About this record
This 5 April 1849 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Sultapore HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 7 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Private.