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22 December 1827 Bangalore HG 6 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of StampBay Auctions
Date
22 December 1827
Description
StampBay - 1827 BANGALORE POSTPAID HG 6 fine strike on fl to Vellore, with Double post paid 14 annas in manuscript. From the Armstrong correspondence Cavendish - BANGALORE - TRIO OF DIFFERENT “POST PAID” OR “POST NOT PAID” OVAL/BOXED MARKS; 1822/27/31 EL/Es (3; the first with mainly internal faults, the third with some toning) to Mysore/Vellore/Mysore with fine to very fine strikes of the oval-framed “Post Paid/Bangalore” (HG2; remarkable ‘double’ strike - one inverted with an upright strike directly over the top), boxed red “BANGALORE/POST PAID” (HG6) or boxed “BANGALORE/POST NOT PAID” (HG5) respectively. Good set. (3 covers) PHOTO - see page 41.
Auction
Manning, Lot 117, (Sept. 2015)
Provenance
Michael Manning
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 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 22 December 1827 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bangalore HG 6 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 18 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Manning, lot 117, (Sept. 2015); StampBay, 7, lot 4.