The Covers from the Dodgson Correspondences, 1840-1864
It was the discovery of the Charles Dodgson letters, and the mint stamps stored in and on the covers (envelopes), which enabled philatelist to chronicle the philately of the Pre-Alice Period of the Wonderland history.
The Dodgson Covers from the Pre-Alice Period can be found by clicking on the page numbers or the dates in the table below.
The stamps used on the covers are also from the Pre-Alice Period. The stamps can be found under section: The Postage Stamps of Wonderland in the Pre-Alice Period – 1840-1864
Important events in Charles Dodgson’s Life (Lewis Carroll, 1832-1898) can be found by clicking on the following link:
Events in the life of Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) 1832-1898
According to the “Curiouser And Curiouser !” Catalogue (2. Edition and 3. Edition) there are 20 registered covers to/from Charles Dodgson… but actually there are (at least) 27 covers from different dates identified. A list of the 27 covers can be found by clicking on the following link:
Overview of identified Charles Dodgson covers
| Page | Date on the Cover | Number of Covers in my collection |
| 1 | 5. May 1840 6. May 1840 6. May 1840 |
8 3 1 |
| 2 | 30. March 1843 | 9 |
| 3 | 5. December 1843 5. August 1844 |
4 7 |
| 4 | 26. October 1845 9. February 1846 |
4 6 |
| 5 | 10. January 1851 24. January 1851 12. May 1852 |
5 3 4 |
| 6 | 23. June 1852 2./9. December 1852 13./31. August 1854 |
3 3 2 |
| 7 | 18. December 1854 3. January 1855 8./9. December 1855 |
2 4 4 |
| 8 | 1. January 1856 1. March 1856 22. September 1857 |
2 3 6 |
| 9 | 13. April 1858 13. April 1859 |
5 3 |
| 10 | 25. June 1860 | 7 |
| 11 | 4. July 1862 13. November 1862 |
6 7 |
| 12 | 1863 (no date but 1863 issue stamps) 7. Feb. 1863 to 28. Nov. 1864 |
1 5 |
| – | Total number of covers | 117 |