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Exceedingly Rare Pre Stamp Period SHIP Letter dispatched in 1836 from Bangalore to Gravesend, London

Currency:INR Category:Stamps Start Price:60,000.00 INR Estimated At:60,000.00 - 70,000.00 INR
Exceedingly Rare Pre Stamp Period SHIP Letter dispatched in 1836 from Bangalore to Gravesend, London
14.75% extra added on Hammer amount as Buyer's Premium + GST (5% GST on Used Stamps, Covers, FDC (H.S.N. 9704) & 12% GST on Unused Stamps, Mint Stamps or New Issue (H.S.N. 4907)

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Items over 100 years old cannot be taken out of India without the permission of the Director General Archaeological Survey of India.
Pre-Stamp Cover, 1836/1837, Bangalore Post Paid & Ship Letter, Capsule-shaped postmark, dispatched from Bangalore on 31st Dec. 1836. Capsule-shaped seal in Red ink of “BANGALORE Post-Paid”. Dispatch seal of a concentric circle shape in Black ink “OUT STATION | SHIP LETTER in an outer circle with MADRAS | 3JA 3 | 1837 in the inner circle”. Another postmark of oval-shaped in Black ink “MADRAS | 8JA 3 | 1837” with an interesting rectangular-shaped postmark in Red ink “INDIA LETTER | GRAVESEND”.

The letter was originally addressed to EDINBURGH | SCOTLAND, it landed in Gravesend port, where the postmark in Red ink of “INDIA LETTER | GRAVESEND” was applied and then it went through BEDFORD, LONDON. The postage value was increased by “½d” and this seal is visible within a square in Black ink, relevant delivery seal/stamps are also present on the cover in Black ink that reads as “MAY | C8 N | 1837”, Type# HG8, MS6, MX7, excellent and intact quality, Exceedingly Rare.

Note: This cover was dispatched from Bangalore and went via Madras to England by sea route carried by ship. An interesting cover for collectors of Pre-Stamp Cover and Ship/Sea theme.
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