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Unrecorded Extremely Rare Pre Stamp Ship Letter dispatched from Madras to Calcutta in 1832 via Corom

Currency:INR Category:Stamps Start Price:20,000.00 INR Estimated At:20,000.00 - 25,000.00 INR
Unrecorded Extremely Rare Pre Stamp Ship Letter dispatched from Madras to Calcutta in 1832 via Corom
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Pre-Stamp Cover, Ship Letter, 1 Rupee & 11 Annas, 1832, Madras to Calcutta, dispatched from “MADRAS” bears a dispatch mark in black round seal without the border as “MADRAS | G P O | 16 SE 6 | 1832 | SHIP LETTER”, 3rd setting Space between "SH" & "IP” and "LET" "TER" (used Jan 1832 to Sept 1837), two lined hazy ‘Ship Letter (Receipt)’ seal without box in green ink reads as “Inld ..Ptg.e | Ship DO..” with value hand endorsed in Black ink as “1-8As & 3As as 1 Rupee & 11As.”, also another hazy square delivery seal within a box in Red ink as “CALCUTTA | G. P. O. | 30 SE 30 | 1832”, (seal used on steamer letters in black), the letter was shipped through vessel “Coromandel” as per mss to “ALEXANDER CELVIA ESQ | CALCUTTA”, Giles # Types G8, D13, SR 10, good condition, Extremely Rare.

Note:

i. A unique feature of the round dispatch postmark is that there are two different dates "16" and "6" on either side of the month 'SE', which we believe has never been previously recorded. On either side, the recorded dates are always the same.

ii. There is a fascinating postmark on this cover, 'Ship Letter Receipt' received at Calcutta with 'hand-endorsed value', which is generally not offered at auctions

iii. The 'Coromandel' was the French Prize Modeste, captured in 1793 and refitted in Chittagong, British India. She made two voyages carrying convicts to the port of Jackson, the first of which was for the British East India Company. She was captured by a French privateer in 1805 but was returned to British control by December 1809. In 1814, she was captured by an American privateer but was quickly recaptured by the British Royal Navy. It was originally called 'Modeste', but was renamed 'Coromandel' after it was acquired in 1793. It was owned by Hogg Davidson, and Co., or REEVE & Co.-1809: W Gordon.
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