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Date
1835
Description
1835 Sobathoo – Edinburgh entire via Calcutta & Cape route, with "Soobathoo/Post Paid" manuscript handstamp dated "14 February 1835" & rate "15as" (paid 15A comprising 12A inland to Calcutta for letter not exceeding 1 tolah & 3A outward sea postage). At Calcutta Giles SD9 "CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/13 DE 13/1834" transit applied, sent to Gravesend (UK) via Cape route & there "INDIA LETTER/GRAVESEND" transit applied, sent to Edinburgh via London & for that "D/10 AU 10/1835" London transit & "AUG/C 12 A/1835" Edinburgh delivery mark applied. "2/8" bearing postage comprising 4d ship letter postage + inland postage & ½d Scottish wheel tax collected from the recipient.
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Other recorded marks at Sobathoo
6 marks6 other pre-1854 postal markings of Sobathoo are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1835 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Sobathoo MN 1 handstamp of the Punjab, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Private.