COV-2773
15 September 1856 Karatchee HG 7 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of David Feldman Auctions
Date
15 September 1856
Description
1856 (Sep) Entire from Kurrachee to Broach with 1854 1/2a blue, touched, tied by type 1 dotted lozenge (9×10 dots), reverse with despatch cds and arrival box « Paid. » ds (unrecorded by Giles), minor soiling otherwise fine
Auction
May 2014 Auction Series, Lot 20407, (26 May 2014)
Same office
Other recorded marks at Karatchee
10 marks10 other pre-1854 postal markings of Karatchee are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Karatchee HG 1handstampRed1841–1846
- Karatchee HG 2handstampRed1843–1845
- Karatchee HG 3handstampRed1846-48
- Karatchee HG 4handstampRed1846–1848
- Karatchee HG 5handstampBlack1850-56
- Karatchee HG 6handstampBlack1850–1856
- Karatchee HG 8handstampRed1850–1853
- Karatchee S1handstampRed1848–1853
- Karatchee S2handstampBlack1849
- Karatchee S3handstampBlack1849–1851
About this record
This 15 September 1856 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Karatchee HG 7 handstamp of the Sindh, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with David Feldman, May 2014 Auction Series, lot 20407, (26 May 2014).