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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
- Bangalore HG 7handstampRed1830–1865
- Bangalore HG 8handstampBlack1832
- Bangalore HG 9handstampRed1837–1855
- Bangalore HG 9ahandstampRed1855
- Bangalore HG 10handstampBlack1851–1855
- Bangalore HG 11handstampRed1840-53
- Bangalore HG 12handstampBlack1848-61
- Bangalore HG 13handstampRed1854
- Bangalore HG 14handstampRed1855–1859
- Bangalore HG 15handstampBlue1848-61
- Bangalore HG 16handstampBlue1848-61
- Bangalore HG 17handstampBlue1851-61
About this record
This 1856 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bangalore HG 18 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 2 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.