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Date
1851
Description
1846-56 Native covers with boxed Paid datestamp in red (14) or Bearing datestamps in black (3), Paid datestamps include Dharwar, Madura, Mysore, Alleppy, Belgaum, Chingleput, Coimbature, Negapatum, Hydrabad, Bugwah, etc., a few faults though most are fine. (17).
Auction
Auction Number 57 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, Lot 1143, (6th Nov 2025)
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Other recorded marks at Alleppy
6 marks6 other pre-1854 postal markings of Alleppy are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Alleppy pre stamp cover
COV-2228 is an Alleppy pre stamp cover of 1851 bearing the Alleppy HG 3 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Alleppy postal history — the office known today as Alappuzha, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1846-56 Native covers with boxed Paid datestamp in red (14) or Bearing datestamps in black (3), Paid datestamps include Dharwar, Madura, Mysore, Alleppy, Belgaum, Chingleput, Coimbature, Negapatum, Hydrabad, Bugwah, etc., a few faults though most are fine. (17).
Its recorded auction history runs through Argyll Etkin Auction Number 57 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History lot 1143 (6th Nov 2025).
1 image of COV-2228 is recorded (front); the Alleppy HG 3 mark itself is recorded in use 1851–1857.
Questions about COV-2228
- What is COV-2228?
- COV-2228 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Alleppy, Madras Presidency of 1851, bearing the Alleppy HG 3 handstamp in red. 1846-56 Native covers with boxed Paid datestamp in red (14) or Bearing datestamps in black (3), Paid datestamps include Dharwar, Madura, Mysore, Alleppy, Belgaum, Chingleput, Coimbature, Negapatum, Hydrabad, Bugwah, etc., a few faults though most are fine. (17).
- How scarce is the Alleppy HG 3 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Alleppy HG 3 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1851–1857.
- What is the provenance of COV-2228?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Argyll Etkin Auction Number 57 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History lot 1143 (6th Nov 2025).
- When was COV-2228 posted?
- COV-2228 is dated 1851, within the recorded period of use of Alleppy HG 3 (1851–1857).
About this record
This 1851 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Alleppy HG 3 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 7 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Argyll Etkin, Auction Number 57 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, lot 1143, (6th Nov 2025).