Chinoo Census

14 June 1807

GUERNSEY/MADRAS - CONCAVE “GUERNSEY” ON COVER VIA AGENTS TO MADRAS, ETC.; 14 June 1807 EL (a couple of slight tone marks on the front) to Capt. de Havilland in Madras via London Agents (some ink-etching where they deleted their names) with a mainly fine concave “GUERNSEY” nicely placed on the front beside the initial “1/-” rate from Guernsey to London, redirected to “Seringapatam” and then (on reverse) to “Vellore” (with further - Madras? - Agent’s endorsement of “Chinno” on top flap along with mainly fine oval-framed Madras “Post not Paid” with separate “1 Feb” d.s. endorsed “from Europe 6 f[anam]s”. Exceptional early overseas cover from the Channel Islands. PHOTO - page 63.

18 June 1809

Entire letter sent from Guernsey to Seringapatnam on 18 June 1809, forwarded in London by Messrs Perchard & Brock. Rated 1s single with red "F Jun 22 1809" circular handstamp and Guernsey G2 mark. It reached Madras on 3 January 1810, where the HG4 "Post Not Paid" was applied with date slugs and 7 Fannams due ("from Europe PNP 7f"). The letter was then forwarded to Bangalore by tapal peon Chinno, noted in manuscript.