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Date
1813
Description
Ballary: 1813 entire to Mysore, the reverse with fine strike of the oval "POST FREE/BALLARY" (HG 2) just across join; light toning, otherwise fine. Stated to be the only known example. Also 1807 (5 June) entire letter to Scotland with strike of the oval "POST PAID/BALLARY" (HG 1) on reverse crossed out in ink. Photo for first.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
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 1handstampBlack1806–1817
- 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 1813 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bellary HG 2 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 317, (Oct. 2000).