COV-3050
1 March 1844 Bangalore HG 9 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
1 March 1844
Description
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Early Letters and Handstamps Malacca 1844 (1 Mar.) entire from Bangalore to Capt. Rockfort of the 27th Regiment at Malacca showing, on reverse, framed Bangalore Paid d.s., oval-framed "out station/madras/ship letter" and, across join, a good strike of the very rare frame "malacca/ship letter/"Bearing" d.s. Very rare being one of five recorded examples. Photo Estimate S$ 7,000-9,000
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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 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 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
- Bangalore HG 18handstampRed1857
About this record
This 1 March 1844 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bangalore HG 9 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 7 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, Auction: 6014 - Stamps of South East Asia featuring the Terence Pickering Collection of Thailand Postal History, lot 3; Spink, Auction: 5008 - Fine Stamps & Covers of South East Asia, lot 11.