COV-2452
3 October 1825 Bangalore HG 2 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
Date
3 October 1825
Description
1825 Bangalore – London entire via Cape route, with Bangalore Giles 2 "Post Paid/Bangalore" despatch handstamp in magenta ink, date "3rd Octr. 1825" & rate "2–13" (paid 2R13A or 45A, comprising 9A per single letter Bangalore–Madras inland postage, endorsed 5 Rupees, indicating 5th weight step at 1 rupee per single letter, 9A × 5 = 45A) applied in manuscript. At Madras, Giles SD11 "OUT STATION/MADRAS/6 OC 6/1825/SHIP LETTER" transit mark applied. Sent bearing to the UK via the Cape route, entered the UK via Portsmouth port, and there "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" transit handstamp & "5/8" (5s 8d postage, comprising 5s 4d Portsmouth–London inland postage, as sent between 50–80 miles, 8th weight step weighing between 1¾ to 2 oz., + 4d India concessional incoming sea postage) bearing postage applied in manuscript. Sent to London, and there "C/13 FE 13/1826" GPO receipt mark applied. Bearing postage collected from the recipient.
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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 3handstampBlack1823
- Bangalore HG 4handstampBlack1823–1825
- Bangalore HG 5handstampBlack1823–1837
- Bangalore HG 6handstampRed1826–1838
- Bangalore HG 7handstampRed1830–1865
- Bangalore HG 8handstampBlack1832
- Bangalore HG 9handstampRed1837–1857
- Bangalore HG 9ahandstampRed1855
- Bangalore HG 10handstampBlack1849–1855
- Bangalore HG 11handstampRed1840-53
- Bangalore HG 12handstampBlack1848-61
- Bangalore HG 13handstampRed1854
- Bangalore HG 14handstampRed1853–1859
- Bangalore HG 15handstampBlue1848–1861
- Bangalore HG 16handstampBlue1848-61
- Bangalore HG 17handstampBlue1851–1861
- Bangalore HG 18handstampRed1855–1857
About this record
This 3 October 1825 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bangalore HG 2 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 34 surviving covers with this mark recorded.