Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
2 January 1835
Description
CARANGOOLY/POST PAID. 1835 : H.G.1 : A letter to WARWICK, ENGLAND via MADRAS in 1835, carried on the H.E.I. Ship The Duke of BUCCLEUGH. This post office appeared in the 1854 list, but thereafter appears to have ceased to exist. CARANGOOLY/POST PAID in capsule box applied at time of despatch, postage of As. 3 prepaid to MADRAS. OUTSTATION SHIP LETTER mark of MADRAS and MADRAS/Date receipt mark applied. On arrival in ENGLAND, port receipt stamp DARTMOUTH/INDIA LETTER added. Sea postage 1/4d payable.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
About this Carangooly pre stamp cover
COV-731 is a Carangooly pre stamp cover of 2 January 1835 bearing the Carangooly HG 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Carangooly postal history, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
CARANGOOLY/POST PAID. 1835 : H.G.1 : A letter to WARWICK, ENGLAND via MADRAS in 1835, carried on the H.E.I. Ship The Duke of BUCCLEUGH. This post office appeared in the 1854 list, but thereafter appears to have ceased to exist. CARANGOOLY/POST PAID in capsule box applied at time of despatch, postage of As. 3 prepaid to MADRAS. OUTSTATION SHIP LETTER mark of MADRAS and MADRAS/Date receipt mark applied. On arrival in ENGLAND, port receipt stamp DARTMOUTH/INDIA LETTER added. Sea postage 1/4d payable.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Giles lot 321 (Oct. 2000); and Spink lot 209 (Oct. 2001).
1 image of COV-731 is recorded (front); the Carangooly HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1835.
Questions about COV-731
- What is COV-731?
- COV-731 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Carangooly, Madras Presidency of 2 January 1835, bearing the Carangooly HG 1 handstamp in red. CARANGOOLY/POST PAID. 1835 : H.G.1 : A letter to WARWICK, ENGLAND via MADRAS in 1835, carried on the H.E.I. Ship The Duke of BUCCLEUGH. This post office appeared in the 1854 list, but thereafter appears to have ceased to exist. CARANGOOLY/POST PAID in capsule box applied at time of despatch, postage of As. 3 prepaid to MADRAS. OUTSTATION SHIP LETTER mark of MADRAS and MADRAS/Date receipt mark applied. On arrival in ENGLAND, port receipt stamp DARTMOUTH/INDIA LETTER added. Sea postage 1/4d payable.
- How scarce is the Carangooly HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Carangooly HG 1 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1835.
- What is the provenance of COV-731?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Giles lot 321 (Oct. 2000); and Spink lot 209 (Oct. 2001).
- When was COV-731 posted?
- COV-731 is dated 2 January 1835, within the recorded period of use of Carangooly HG 1 (1835).
About this record
This 2 January 1835 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Carangooly HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, Giles, lot 321, (Oct. 2000); Spink, lot 209, (Oct. 2001).