COV-4330
9 December 1846 Penang FP 9 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
9 December 1846
Description
Penang Early Letters and Handstamps 1846 (9 Dec.) entire letter to Boston USA c/o Baring Brothers, London, variously rated, showing fine framed "penang/Bearing" d.s. with manuscript "Jany 19" inserted (Type P.S.10), red London transit d.s. (10.3), red "paid ship letter/london" oval d.s. (10.3) and New York transit d.s. (9.4). Neat and attractive. Photo Estimate S$ 500-600 provenance: Dr. Chua Eu Tiong, July 2005
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Provenance
"Stolz" Dr. Chua Eu Tiong
Same office
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 8handstampBlack1844–1847
- Penang FP 10handstampBlack1844
- Penang FP 11handstampBlack1851
- Penang FP 12handstampBlack1838–1847
About this record
This 9 December 1846 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Penang FP 9 handstamp of the Straits Settlements, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 8 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, 1015, lot 1027, (2001).