COV-354
15 September 1817 Bangalore HG 2 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
15 September 1817
Description
India, Bangalore, 1817, "Post Paid/Bangalore" Oval Handstamp (Giles 2). Clear strike in red with manuscript "15th Sept. 1817" date and "4½f" rate on folded letter from William Garrard to Thomas de Havilland in Madras, accompanying letter regarding a bridge built by Garrard at Muddoor, Madras (Sept. 18, Giles MX1) arrival backstamp, cover with mild vertical file fold thru Bangalore marking, written to de Havilland while he was a supervising engineer
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10014, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
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 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 14handstampRed1853–1859
- Bangalore HG 15handstampBlue1848-61
- Bangalore HG 16handstampBlue1848-61
- Bangalore HG 17handstampBlue1851–1861
- Bangalore HG 18handstampRed1856–1857
About this record
This 15 September 1817 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 31 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10014.