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Date
1856
Description
x India 1854 Issue Issued Stamps Covers Inland 1856 (July) small native envelope registered from Bangalore to Madras bearing, on reverse, 1/2a. Die III pairs (2, towards greenish blue), margins mainly all round, each stamp neatly cancelled "C/10" with arrival "g.p.o." d.s. and local delivery oval h.s. in red alongside, fine despatch d.s. on face panel; scarce and attractive.
Auction
(2014)
Same office
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
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About this Bangalore pre stamp cover
COV-3047 is a Bangalore pre stamp cover of 1856 bearing the Bangalore HG 18 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Bangalore postal history — the office known today as Bengaluru, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
x India 1854 Issue Issued Stamps Covers Inland 1856 (July) small native envelope registered from Bangalore to Madras bearing, on reverse, 1/2a. Die III pairs (2, towards greenish blue), margins mainly all round, each stamp neatly cancelled "C/10" with arrival "g.p.o." d.s. and local delivery oval h.s. in red alongside, fine despatch d.s. on face panel; scarce and attractive.
Its recorded auction history runs through David Feldman (2014); and Spink Auction: 11029 - Summer Collector's Series sale lot 420.
2 images of COV-3047 are recorded (front, back); the Bangalore HG 18 mark itself is recorded in use 1855–1857.
Questions about COV-3047
- What is COV-3047?
- COV-3047 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Bangalore, Madras Presidency of 1856, bearing the Bangalore HG 18 handstamp in red. x India 1854 Issue Issued Stamps Covers Inland 1856 (July) small native envelope registered from Bangalore to Madras bearing, on reverse, 1/2a. Die III pairs (2, towards greenish blue), margins mainly all round, each stamp neatly cancelled "C/10" with arrival "g.p.o." d.s. and local delivery oval h.s. in red alongside, fine despatch d.s. on face panel; scarce and attractive.
- How scarce is the Bangalore HG 18 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Bangalore HG 18 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1855–1857.
- What is the provenance of COV-3047?
- Its recorded auction history runs through David Feldman (2014); and Spink Auction: 11029 - Summer Collector's Series sale lot 420.
- When was COV-3047 posted?
- COV-3047 is dated 1856, within the recorded period of use of Bangalore HG 18 (1855–1857).
About this record
This 1856 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bangalore HG 18 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 David Feldman, (2014); Spink, Auction: 11029 - Summer Collector's Series sale, lot 420.