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Date
January 1850
Description
FRANCE, 1850, 1fr Dark Carmine on Yellowish (9; Yvert 6). Mostly large balanced margins, tied by boxed grid cancel with Rochet sur Mer Jan. 1850 double-circle datestamp on folded letter to Mirzapore, India, sender's directive "Paquebot de la mediterannee pour Marseille", small red boxed "PD" handstamp, Bordeaux, French & British Alexandria, and Bombay transit and boxed Kussowlee Bearing arrival datestamp (Giles unrecorded with "Bearing") with manuscript "10/3/50" VERY FINE. A RARE USE OF THE 1850 ONE-FRANC CARMINE ON COVER TO INDIA, AN ESPECIALLY SCARCE DESTINATION. From the Magnolia collection.
Auction
Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, Lot 1233, (05/23-24/2023)
Provenance
Magnolia
Same office
Other recorded marks at Kussowlee
6 marks6 other pre-1854 postal markings of Kussowlee are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Kussowlee pre stamp cover
COV-2925 is a Kussowlee pre stamp cover of January 1850 bearing the Kussowlee HG 6 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Kussowlee postal history — the office known today as Kasauli, Punjab. What is a pre stamp cover?
FRANCE, 1850, 1fr Dark Carmine on Yellowish (9; Yvert 6). Mostly large balanced margins, tied by boxed grid cancel with Rochet sur Mer Jan. 1850 double-circle datestamp on folded letter to Mirzapore, India, sender's directive "Paquebot de la mediterannee pour Marseille", small red boxed "PD" handstamp, Bordeaux, French & British Alexandria, and Bombay transit and boxed Kussowlee Bearing arrival datestamp (Giles unrecorded with "Bearing") with manuscript "10/3/50" VERY FINE. A RARE USE OF THE 1850 ONE-FRANC CARMINE ON COVER TO INDIA, AN ESPECIALLY SCARCE DESTINATION. From the Magnolia collection.
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Worldwide Stamps and Postal History lot 1233 (05/23-24/2023).
1 image of COV-2925 is recorded (front); the Kussowlee HG 6 mark itself is recorded in use 1848–1850.
Questions about COV-2925
- What is COV-2925?
- COV-2925 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Kussowlee, Punjab of January 1850, bearing the Kussowlee HG 6 handstamp in black. FRANCE, 1850, 1fr Dark Carmine on Yellowish (9; Yvert 6). Mostly large balanced margins, tied by boxed grid cancel with Rochet sur Mer Jan. 1850 double-circle datestamp on folded letter to Mirzapore, India, sender's directive "Paquebot de la mediterannee pour Marseille", small red boxed "PD" handstamp, Bordeaux, French & British Alexandria, and Bombay transit and boxed Kussowlee Bearing arrival datestamp (Giles unrecorded with "Bearing") with manuscript "10/3/50" VERY FINE. A RARE USE OF THE 1850 ONE-FRANC CARMINE ON COVER TO INDIA, AN ESPECIALLY SCARCE DESTINATION. From the Magnolia collection.
- How scarce is the Kussowlee HG 6 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Kussowlee HG 6 as 2 examples recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1848–1850.
- What is the provenance of COV-2925?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Worldwide Stamps and Postal History lot 1233 (05/23-24/2023).
- When was COV-2925 posted?
- COV-2925 is dated January 1850, within the recorded period of use of Kussowlee HG 6 (1848–1850).
About this record
This January 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kussowlee HG 6 handstamp of the Punjab, a mark with 2 examples recorded in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, lot 1233, (05/23-24/2023).