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Date
1803
Description
This handstamp : "CAMP/POST PAID" is in red colour. However, this type of cancellation was only reported in black colour during 1803-1820.
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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 2handstampBlack1803–1824
- Camp HG 3handstampBlack1815
- Camp HG 4handstampBlack1815
- Camp MN 1manuscript1792
- Camp MN 2manuscript1815
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About this Camp pre stamp cover
COV-803 is a Camp pre stamp cover of 1803 bearing the Camp HG 2A handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Camp postal history, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
This handstamp : "CAMP/POST PAID" is in red colour. However, this type of cancellation was only reported in black colour during 1803-1820.
1 image of COV-803 is recorded; the Camp HG 2A mark itself is recorded in use —.
Questions about COV-803
- What is COV-803?
- COV-803 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Camp, Madras Presidency of 1803, bearing the Camp HG 2A handstamp in black. This handstamp : "CAMP/POST PAID" is in red colour. However, this type of cancellation was only reported in black colour during 1803-1820.
- How scarce is the Camp HG 2A mark on this cover?
- The census grades Camp HG 2A as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use —.
- When was COV-803 posted?
- COV-803 is dated 1803, within the recorded period of use of Camp HG 2A (—).
About this record
This 1803 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Camp HG 2A handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.