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Date
1792
Description
Third Anglo-Mysore War Entire written by Capt P.A Agnew on the day before Tippoo Sultan made peace at Seringapatam - cover endorsed "Camp PP (Post Paid) 4 fannam" to Edinburgh under Consignee's mail or by hand. Rare contents stating "We have agreed on terms of Peace highly advantageous to the State, the terms dictated by us at the gates of the Capital of Tippoo, & the alternative if he did not accept them was certain ruin. a great Battle fixed our superiority by a decided Victory he thought all further Contention vain. If he keeps faith, & for this we have his sons as hostages the war is well concluded."
Provenance
StampBay Stanley Gibbons
Same office
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 2AhandstampBlack—
- Camp HG 3handstampBlack1815
- Camp HG 4handstampBlack1815
- Camp MN 2manuscript1815
+1 more at this office.View all Camp marks and postal history →
About this Camp pre stamp cover
COV-1664 is a Camp pre stamp cover of 1792 bearing the Camp MN 1 manuscript marking, recorded in the census of Camp postal history, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Third Anglo-Mysore War Entire written by Capt P.A Agnew on the day before Tippoo Sultan made peace at Seringapatam - cover endorsed "Camp PP (Post Paid) 4 fannam" to Edinburgh under Consignee's mail or by hand. Rare contents stating "We have agreed on terms of Peace highly advantageous to the State, the terms dictated by us at the gates of the Capital of Tippoo, & the alternative if he did not accept them was certain ruin. a great Battle fixed our superiority by a decided Victory he thought all further Contention vain. If he keeps faith, & for this we have his sons as hostages the war is well concluded."
StampBay Stanley Gibbons
1 image of COV-1664 is recorded; the Camp MN 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1792.
Questions about COV-1664
- What is COV-1664?
- COV-1664 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Camp, Madras Presidency of 1792, bearing the Camp MN 1 manuscript marking. Third Anglo-Mysore War Entire written by Capt P.A Agnew on the day before Tippoo Sultan made peace at Seringapatam - cover endorsed "Camp PP (Post Paid) 4 fannam" to Edinburgh under Consignee's mail or by hand. Rare contents stating "We have agreed on terms of Peace highly advantageous to the State, the terms dictated by us at the gates of the Capital of Tippoo, & the alternative if he did not accept them was certain ruin. a great Battle fixed our superiority by a decided Victory he thought all further Contention vain. If he keeps faith, & for this we have his sons as hostages the war is well concluded."
- How scarce is the Camp MN 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Camp MN 1 as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1792.
- What is the provenance of COV-1664?
- StampBay Stanley Gibbons
- When was COV-1664 posted?
- COV-1664 is dated 1792, within the recorded period of use of Camp MN 1 (1792).
About this record
This 1792 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Camp MN 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.