Scan or Photo Courtesy of Gowtham BJ
Date
1792
Description
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
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.
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.