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Date
1817
Description
"Post Paid/Ballary" Handstamp (Giles 1). Faint but legible red oval handstamp on folded letter.
Auction
Provenance
- •2025, Robert A. Siegel Sale No. 1325, Lot 3001
Same office
Other recorded marks at Bellary
12 marks12 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 4handstampRed1828–1837
- Bellary HG 5handstampBlack1836
- Bellary HG 6handstampRed1837–1839
- Bellary HG 7handstampBlack1840-56
- Bellary HG 8handstampRed1849
- Bellary HG 9handstampRed1841–1856
- Bellary HG 10handstampBlack1842–1858
- Bellary HG 10ahandstampBlack1853
- Bellary HG 11handstampRed1838–1849
- Bellary MN 1manuscript1832
About this record
This 1817 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 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, lot 3001, (2025).