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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 Sobathoo pre stamp cover
COV-2047 is a Sobathoo pre stamp cover of 1835 bearing the Sobathoo MN 1 manuscript marking, recorded in the census of Sobathoo postal history — the office known today as Subathu, Punjab. What is a pre stamp cover?
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.
Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
1 image of COV-2047 is recorded; the Sobathoo MN 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1835.
Questions about COV-2047
- What is COV-2047?
- COV-2047 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Sobathoo, Punjab of 1835, bearing the Sobathoo MN 1 manuscript marking. 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.
- How scarce is the Sobathoo MN 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Sobathoo MN 1 as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1835.
- What is the provenance of COV-2047?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
- When was COV-2047 posted?
- COV-2047 is dated 1835, within the recorded period of use of Sobathoo MN 1 (1835).
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.