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Description
Postal cover from chittledroog (madras), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Black. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
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About this Chittledroog pre stamp cover
COV-933 is a Chittledroog pre stamp cover bearing the Chittledroog HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Chittledroog postal history — the office known today as Chitradurga, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from chittledroog (madras), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Black. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Its recorded auction history runs through Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions.
1 image of COV-933 is recorded; the Chittledroog HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1821.
Questions about COV-933
- What is COV-933?
- COV-933 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Chittledroog, Madras Presidency, bearing the Chittledroog HG 1 handstamp in black. Postal cover from chittledroog (madras), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Black. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Chittledroog HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Chittledroog HG 1 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1821.
- What is the provenance of COV-933?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Chittledroog HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions.