Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
1846
Description
India, Cannanore, 1846, "CANNANORE/1846 January 13/Paid" Framed Datestamp (Giles 8). Mostly complete strike in red with manuscript "4" over the "3" of date on arrival struck on back of folded letter from Bombay, red "BOMBAY/1846 January 6/Paid" framed despatch datestamp (Giles 18), Very Fine and quite scarce
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10032, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
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 3handstampBlack1825–1837
- Cannanore HG 4handstampBlack1827–1830
- Cannanore HG 5handstampRed1838–1845
- Cannanore HG 6handstampBlack1838-42
- Cannanore HG 7handstampRed1839-42
- Cannanore MN 1manuscript1819
About this record
This 1846 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cannanore HG 8 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10032.