COV-4333
1 September 1851 Penang FP 9 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
1 September 1851
Description
Penang Early Letters and Handstamps 1851 (1 Sept.) entire letter from Singapore to Saxmundham, rated "1/-" (deleted) and "2/3", showing framed "bearing" and, on reverse, good to fine strike of framed "penang/Bearing" d.s. in black (Type P.S.10). Photo Estimate S$ 500-600 provenance: Nestor Nunez, December 1988
Auction
Provenance
"Stolz" Nestor Nunez
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 1 September 1851 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 1030, (2001).