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Description
India, Kythul, 1840s, "KYTHUL/184_ JULY/BEARING" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1). Bold strike with manuscript "14" date and "1" (anna) rate markings on back of petite native cover to Loodhiana, Very Fine and quite scarce, this is the example used in the Giles book
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10072, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
About this Kythul pre stamp cover
COV-263 is a Kythul pre stamp cover bearing the Kythul HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Kythul postal history — the office known today as Kaithal, Punjab. What is a pre stamp cover?
India, Kythul, 1840s, "KYTHUL/184_ JULY/BEARING" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1). Bold strike with manuscript "14" date and "1" (anna) rate markings on back of petite native cover to Loodhiana, Very Fine and quite scarce, this is the example used in the Giles book
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9020 lot 10072.
2 images of COV-263 are recorded (front, back); the Kythul HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1841.
Questions about COV-263
- What is COV-263?
- COV-263 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Kythul, Punjab, bearing the Kythul HG 1 handstamp in black. India, Kythul, 1840s, "KYTHUL/184_ JULY/BEARING" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1). Bold strike with manuscript "14" date and "1" (anna) rate markings on back of petite native cover to Loodhiana, Very Fine and quite scarce, this is the example used in the Giles book
- How scarce is the Kythul HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Kythul HG 1 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1841.
- What is the provenance of COV-263?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9020 lot 10072.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kythul HG 1 handstamp of the Punjab, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10072.