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Date
1849
Description
SG 54 / 56 with three good and one close margins on envelope sent from Bath, Somerset to Bangalore, India. Clear Bath "53" cancel on the embossed Victorian stamp and Bombay boxed cachet on the front. Bath E double circle stamp for NO 19 1849 together with Bangalore receiving mark and red wax seal on reverse. Sent via Southampton. Superb item which is from my private collection. Catalogued by Stanley Gibbons at £1100.
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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 1handstampBlack1800
- Bangalore HG 2handstampBlack1803–1825
- Bangalore HG 3handstampBlack1823
- Bangalore HG 4handstampBlack1823–1825
- Bangalore HG 5handstampBlack1823–1837
- Bangalore HG 6handstampRed1826–1838
- Bangalore HG 7handstampRed1830–1865
- Bangalore HG 8handstampBlack1832
- Bangalore HG 9handstampRed1837–1855
- Bangalore HG 9ahandstampRed1855
- Bangalore HG 11handstampRed1840-53
- Bangalore HG 12handstampBlack1848-61
- Bangalore HG 13handstampRed1854
- Bangalore HG 14handstampRed1853–1859
- Bangalore HG 15handstampBlue1848-61
- Bangalore HG 16handstampBlue1848-61
- Bangalore HG 17handstampBlue1851–1861
- Bangalore HG 18handstampRed1855–1857
About this record
This 1849 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bangalore HG 10 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with eBay.