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Date
10 April 1849
Description
Penang Early Letters and Handstamps 1849 (10 Apr.) entire letter to Boston USA c/o Baring Brothers, London, variously rated and showing the large framed "penang/Bearing" d.s. (Type P.S.9) partly overstruck by red London transit d.s. (31.5). Very rare, only a few examples recorded. Photo Estimate S$ 2,500-3,000 provenance: Howard Selzer, November 1986 Nestor Nunez, December 1988 Spink sale, June 2000
Auction
Provenance
"Stolz" Howard Selzer Nestor Nunez
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Other recorded marks at Penang
11 marks11 other pre-1854 postal markings of Penang are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Penang FP 1handstampBlack1806–1817
- Penang FP 2handstampBlack1820–1821
- Penang FP 3handstampBlack1826–1836
- Penang FP 4handstampRed1836–1846
- Penang FP 5handstampBlack1840–1846
- Penang FP 6handstampBlack1849–1855
- Penang FP 7handstampBlack1854
- Penang FP 9handstampBlack1847–1854
- Penang FP 10handstampBlack1844
- Penang FP 11handstampBlack1851
- Penang FP 12handstampBlack1838–1847
About this record
This 10 April 1849 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Penang FP 8 handstamp of the Straits Settlements, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, 1015, lot 1029, (2001).