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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 Mallegaum pre stamp cover
COV-2002 is a Mallegaum pre stamp cover of February 1832 bearing the Mallegaum HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Mallegaum postal history — the office known today as Malegaon, Bombay Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
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.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 273.
1 image of COV-2002 is recorded; the Mallegaum HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1832.
Questions about COV-2002
- What is COV-2002?
- COV-2002 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Mallegaum, Bombay Presidency of February 1832, bearing the Mallegaum HG 1 handstamp in black. 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.
- How scarce is the Mallegaum HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Mallegaum HG 1 as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1832.
- What is the provenance of COV-2002?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 273.
- When was COV-2002 posted?
- COV-2002 is dated February 1832, within the recorded period of use of Mallegaum HG 1 (1832).
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.