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Date
24 March 1839
Description
INDIA: 1839-1902 range inc. 1839 EL ex Bellary to Madeira endorsed "via England" with very fine double oval "OUT STATION/MADRAS/28 MR 28/1839/SHIP LETTER" across flap and "[Detai]ned for Postage" & fine boxed "Returned for/Postage" hs's, scorched on arrival at The Motherbank, Portsmouth; 1835 EL ex Madras to France slit for fumigation with faint scarce "Purifee [?]/de Tromploup"; 1897 PC with contents "Just heard that all vessels out of India is stopped owing to plague & famine..."; plus other PCs with contents regarding epidemics or sanitation (7), PPCs of quarantine stations/hospitals (16), a bundle of modern unused postal stationery with printed messages regarding malaria/fever (30), documents/notice from or about quarantine (3). (59 items) Cross Reference: INDIA
Auction
Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, Lot 120, (20th Jun 2023)
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 2handstampBlack1813
- Bellary HG 3handstampBlack1826–1832
- Bellary HG 4handstampRed1828–1837
- Bellary HG 5handstampBlack1836
- 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 24 March 1839 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bellary HG 6 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, lot 120, (20th Jun 2023).