Scan or Photo Courtesy of Akshay Suresh
Date
23 April 1842
Provenance
AGANJAM COLLECTION
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 1handstampBlack1806–1817
- 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 9handstampRed1841–1855
- Bellary HG 10ahandstampBlack1853
- Bellary HG 11handstampRed1838–1849
About this record
This 23 April 1842 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bellary HG 10 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.