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Date
1824
Description
Similar to Giles 2, but with missing “P” variety in “PAID”. 1824 Belgaum Camp – Gloucestershire wrapper, with Belgaum Camp unrecorded "CAMP/POST (P)AID" handstamp, dated "31 July 1824" & rate "As 11" (11A charged as single letter sent between 300 to 400 miles, distance between Belgaum to Bombay was around 320 miles, no outward ship postage applied) applied in manuscript, transited through Bombay & sent to UK through British Packet via Cape route, entered in UK via Portsmouth & there "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" handstamp + bearing "1/" (8d Portsmouth–London single letter inland + 4d India–UK incoming sea postage) applied in manuscript. Reached London & there GPO transit dated "22 DE 1824" applied & old rate obliterated & updated "1/3" (9d inland for Portsmouth–Gloucestershire single letter inland + 4d India–UK incoming sea postage) applied in manuscript, which was collected from the recipient.
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Other recorded marks at Camp
7 marks7 other pre-1854 postal markings of Camp are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Camp HG 1handstampBlack1799
- Camp HG 2AhandstampBlack—
- Camp HG 3handstampBlack1815
- Camp HG 4handstampBlack1815
- Camp MN 1manuscript1792
- Camp MN 2manuscript1815
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About this Camp pre stamp cover
COV-2062 is a Camp pre stamp cover of 1824 bearing the Camp HG 2 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Camp postal history, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Similar to Giles 2, but with missing “P” variety in “PAID”. 1824 Belgaum Camp – Gloucestershire wrapper, with Belgaum Camp unrecorded "CAMP/POST (P)AID" handstamp, dated "31 July 1824" & rate "As 11" (11A charged as single letter sent between 300 to 400 miles, distance between Belgaum to Bombay was around 320 miles, no outward ship postage applied) applied in manuscript, transited through Bombay & sent to UK through British Packet via Cape route, entered in UK via Portsmouth & there "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" handstamp + bearing "1/" (8d Portsmouth–London single letter inland + 4d India–UK incoming sea postage) applied in manuscript. Reached London & there GPO transit dated "22 DE 1824" applied & old rate obliterated & updated "1/3" (9d inland for Portsmouth–Gloucestershire single letter inland + 4d India–UK incoming sea postage) applied in manuscript, which was collected from the recipient.
Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
1 image of COV-2062 is recorded; the Camp HG 2 mark itself is recorded in use 1803–1824.
Questions about COV-2062
- What is COV-2062?
- COV-2062 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Camp, Madras Presidency of 1824, bearing the Camp HG 2 handstamp in black. Similar to Giles 2, but with missing “P” variety in “PAID”. 1824 Belgaum Camp – Gloucestershire wrapper, with Belgaum Camp unrecorded "CAMP/POST (P)AID" handstamp, dated "31 July 1824" & rate "As 11" (11A charged as single letter sent between 300 to 400 miles, distance between Belgaum to Bombay was around 320 miles, no outward ship postage applied) applied in manuscript, transited through Bombay & sent to UK through British Packet via Cape route, entered in UK via Portsmouth & there "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" handstamp + bearing "1/" (8d Portsmouth–London single letter inland + 4d India–UK incoming sea postage) applied in manuscript. Reached London & there GPO transit dated "22 DE 1824" applied & old rate obliterated & updated "1/3" (9d inland for Portsmouth–Gloucestershire single letter inland + 4d India–UK incoming sea postage) applied in manuscript, which was collected from the recipient.
- How scarce is the Camp HG 2 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Camp HG 2 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1803–1824.
- What is the provenance of COV-2062?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
- When was COV-2062 posted?
- COV-2062 is dated 1824, within the recorded period of use of Camp HG 2 (1803–1824).
About this record
This 1824 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Camp HG 2 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 13 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Private.