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Rare destination Pre Stamp Cover dispatched from Calcutta to Saugor in 1838.

Currency:INR Category:Stamps Start Price:6,500.00 INR Estimated At:6,500.00 - 8,000.00 INR
Rare destination Pre Stamp Cover dispatched from Calcutta to Saugor in 1838.
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, Folded Letter, 12 Annas, 1838, Calcutta to Saugor, Dispatch postmark of the rectangular box in Red ink “CALCUTTA | 1838 October 20 | Paid 12 As.”, value hand endorsed, addressed to “Major’ Genl. Sir Thomas Anbury Bart | Saugor”.  It is a variant of Giles # Type 21, with an open middle segment on the right side, which is unrecorded by Giles, very good condition, Rare.

Note: Currently known as 'Sagar Island', Saugor lies on the continental shelf of the Bay of Bengal, lying in the Ganges and Brahmaputra deltas. It is the largest island in the Ganges delta, occupying about 300 square kilometers in the Kakdwip subdivision of the south 24 Parganas district. The city of Ganga Sagar is of religious significance, as it hosts the Ganga Sagar Mela (the second largest gathering of Hindus after the Kumbh Mela) during the Makar Sankranti festival. A popular pilgrimage site on the island is the Kapil Muni temple.

Historically, it served as a mail off-loading depot for incoming ships bound for Calcutta and was devastated by a cyclone in 1864.
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