COV-4409
28 June 1825 Bangalore HG 2 Cover
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Date
28 June 1825
Description
1825, June 28. Bangalore - London. Stampless docketed ELS with fine strike of the oval 'Post Paid / Bangalore' in red, large double-ring oval 'OUT STATION / SHIP LETTER / Madras / 1 JY 1 / 1825' in black on reverse with boxed red 'INDIA LETTER / PORTSMOUTH' receiver. On front of ELS is VF striked of the oval 'MADRAS 1 MY 1 1825' in black. London 'A/ 20 DE 20 / 1825 transit in red. Long accounting of monies requested from from the Mission House at Austin Friars and the uncertainty about what bills may be dishonoured by the agents in India. (A not too subtle pressure tactic!). In the lower left corner of the front is a very small 'paid' added beneath the docketing notation, 'Read to the Eastern Committee 8 Jan. 1826.' Great reading, very legible.
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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 9handstampRed1837–1855
- Bangalore HG 9ahandstampRed1855
- Bangalore HG 10handstampBlack1849–1855
- Bangalore HG 11handstampRed1840-53
- Bangalore HG 12handstampBlack1848-61
- Bangalore HG 13handstampRed1854
- Bangalore HG 14handstampRed1853–1859
- Bangalore HG 15handstampBlue1848-61
- Bangalore HG 16handstampBlue1848-61
- Bangalore HG 17handstampBlue1851–1861
- Bangalore HG 18handstampRed1855–1857
About this record
This 28 June 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 33 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with eBay.