COV-1026
12 September 1835 Belgaum HG 2 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd
Date
12 September 1835
Description
Spink - Belgaum: 1835 "on the service of the Belgaum Mission" entire (vertical filing creases) to London with forwarding notation via Bombay, showing the rare boxed "BELGAUM/POST FREE" in red (HG2) fine strike, also light boxed "INDIA LETTER/LIVERPOOL". Cavendish - BELGAUM - BOXED “POST FREE” OR “POST PAID” MARKS ON LIVERPOOL INDIA LETTERS TO G.B.; 7-20 Dec. 1832 & 12 Sept. 1835 pair of ELs from “Camp Kolhapoor” (and then on the march “to protect the Waree Rajah’s capital” - news of some bloody engagements with “the Rebels”, etc.) or from “Belgaum”, having very fine boxed orangered “BELGAUM/POST PAID” or “BELGAUM/POST FREE” marks respectively; each with fair to fine boxed India Letter marks of Liverpool (two types) on the reverse. Good pair. (2 covers) [1836 ex Contractor Collection, 1999.] PHOTO - see page 31.
Auction
Manning, Lot 94, (Sept. 2015)
Provenance
Dr. Soli Contractor Michael Manning
Same office
Other recorded marks at Belgaum
7 marks7 other pre-1854 postal markings of Belgaum are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 12 September 1835 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Belgaum HG 2 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 20, (Dec. 1999); Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Manning, lot 94, (Sept. 2015).