Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
February 1832
Description
Mallegaum: 1832 (Feb. and Mar.) entire letters ex the same correspondence to Bombay, rated Qrs. 3.50 and Qrs. 1.75 (Portuguese currency) and showing good and barely legible strikes of the circular intaglio "MALLEGAUM. PO./NOT PAID" handstamp (HG 1); 1858 small envelope bearing 1/2a. and showing "MALLEGAUM/Bearing" and three other Paid or Bearing datestamps, and 1854 large piece with similar handstamp and Bombay datestamp and framed "TOO LATE". Photo for first.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Mallegaum
3 marks3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Mallegaum are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This February 1832 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mallegaum HG 1 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 273.