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Date
6 February 1855
Description
India: Cancellations and Covers: 1855 small native cover to Madras, the obverse with boxed BANGALORE/BEARING and Rc. HOUSE/No 1 both in blue, reverse with boxed AM in black and Madras 1855 (Feb. 6) receiving datestamp in red, small faults but scarce. Photo.
Auction
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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 10handstampBlack1851–1855
- Bangalore HG 11handstampRed1840-53
- Bangalore HG 13handstampRed1854
- Bangalore HG 14handstampRed1853–1859
- Bangalore HG 15handstampBlue1848-61
- Bangalore HG 16handstampBlue1848-61
- Bangalore HG 17handstampBlue1851-61
- Bangalore HG 18handstampRed1856–1857
About this record
This 6 February 1855 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bangalore HG 12 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, 75, lot 1712; Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, 65, lot 1900.