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Date
1852
Description
1852 Kurrachee – Farnham, then redirected to Waugford overland cover via Southampton route, with Kurrachee Giles SL1 "KURRACHEE/SHIP LETTER/Paid" handstamp, rate "3A" (3A ship letter inward postage) applied in manuscript, sender endorsed "Prepaid by Steamer to Bombay". At Bombay, Giles G4 "BOMBAY/OC 16/1852" transit & SD7 "INDIA" mark applied, sent to Aden via VICTORIA, to Suez via ORIENT, then sent overland to Alexandria & from there reached Southampton via RIPON on 20th Nov and reached London on the same day. 1s bearing steam packet rate applied for a letter under 1 oz. Firstly sent to Farnham, where the 1s bearing postage was collected, then redirected to Waugford by applying QV 1d SG 8, obliterated with numeral 292 Farnham cancellation on 21st Nov, and delivered at Waugford on the next day. London, Farnham transit & Waugford delivery marks applied.
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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 7handstampRed1851–1856
- Karatchee HG 8handstampRed1850–1853
- Karatchee S2handstampBlack1849
- Karatchee S3handstampBlack1849–1851
About this record
This 1852 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Karatchee S1 handstamp of the Sindh, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Private.