Scan or Photo Courtesy of D Pittie
This 27 March 1815 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bellary HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded.
Date
27 March 1815
Same office
Other recorded marks at Bellary
11 marks11 other pre-1854 postal markings of Bellary are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Bellary HG 2handstampBlack1813
- Bellary HG 3handstampBlack1826–1832
- Bellary HG 4handstampRed1828-37
- Bellary HG 5handstampBlack1836
- Bellary HG 6handstampRed1837-39
- Bellary HG 7handstampBlack1840-56
- Bellary HG 8handstampRed1849
- Bellary HG 9handstampRed1841-52
- Bellary HG 10handstampBlack1842-58
- Bellary HG 10ahandstampBlack1853
- Bellary HG 11handstampRed1838-49