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Date
19 January 1800
Description
Bangalore: 1800 (19 Jan.) entire letter (some splitting at edges and light staining) from Ayr, Scotland showing a good strike of the extremely rare oval-framed "POST PAID./BANGALORU" in purple (HG1, one example recorded), "AYR" despatch h.s. and light oval "Ship Letter/Crown/LONDON". One of the great rarities of the pre-stamp era.
Auction
Provenance
Dr. Soli F. Contractor
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Other recorded marks at Bangalore
18 marks18 other pre-1854 postal markings of Bangalore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Bangalore HG 2handstampBlack1803–1825
- Bangalore HG 3handstampBlack1823
- Bangalore HG 4handstampBlack1823–1825
- Bangalore HG 5handstampBlack1823–1837
- Bangalore HG 6handstampRed1826–1838
- Bangalore HG 7handstampRed1830–1865
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About this Bangalore pre stamp cover
COV-998 is a Bangalore pre stamp cover of 19 January 1800 bearing the Bangalore HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Bangalore postal history — the office known today as Bengaluru, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Bangalore: 1800 (19 Jan.) entire letter (some splitting at edges and light staining) from Ayr, Scotland showing a good strike of the extremely rare oval-framed "POST PAID./BANGALORU" in purple (HG1, one example recorded), "AYR" despatch h.s. and light oval "Ship Letter/Crown/LONDON". One of the great rarities of the pre-stamp era.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 13.
1 image of COV-998 is recorded; the Bangalore HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1800.
Questions about COV-998
- What is COV-998?
- COV-998 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Bangalore, Madras Presidency of 19 January 1800, bearing the Bangalore HG 1 handstamp in black. Bangalore: 1800 (19 Jan.) entire letter (some splitting at edges and light staining) from Ayr, Scotland showing a good strike of the extremely rare oval-framed "POST PAID./BANGALORU" in purple (HG1, one example recorded), "AYR" despatch h.s. and light oval "Ship Letter/Crown/LONDON". One of the great rarities of the pre-stamp era.
- How scarce is the Bangalore HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Bangalore HG 1 as 5 examples recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1800.
- What is the provenance of COV-998?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 13.
- When was COV-998 posted?
- COV-998 is dated 19 January 1800, within the recorded period of use of Bangalore HG 1 (1800).
About this record
This 19 January 1800 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bangalore HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark with 5 examples recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 13.