Scan or Photo Courtesy of Akshay Suresh
Date
26 January 1839
Description
Entire service letter from Cannanore bearing the oval "CANNANORE/1839 Jan 26/FREE" in red to Mr. Van Ingen, the agents for "palki" bearers at Mysore.
Provenance
AGANJAM COLLECTION
Same office
Other recorded marks at Cannanore
9 marks9 other pre-1854 postal markings of Cannanore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Cannanore HG 1handstampBlack1820–1823
- Cannanore HG 2handstampBlack1823
- Cannanore HG 2ahandstampBlack1823–1825
- Cannanore HG 3handstampBlack1825–1836
- Cannanore HG 4handstampBlack1830
- Cannanore HG 5handstampRed1838-44
- Cannanore HG 6handstampBlack1838-42
- Cannanore HG 8handstampRed1844-49
- Cannanore MN 1manuscript1819
About this record
This 26 January 1839 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cannanore HG 7 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.