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COV-3801

14 December 1852 Cocanada HG 1 Cover

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14 December 1852 Cocanada HG 1 pre stamp cover — COV-3801
Cocanada HG 1 pre stamp cover — scan 2 (COV-3801)
Cocanada HG 1 pre stamp cover — scan 3 (COV-3801)

Scan or Photo Courtesy of Sephils

Date

14 December 1852

Description

India–France 1852 prestamp cover from Cocanada to Marseille via Madras, showing boxed COCANADA (UNRECORDED by Giles) and MADRAS G.P.O. ds, rated “1/–”, fine folded letter in French to Dubois Frères, rare early routing

Auction

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403, Lot 0111, (2025)

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Other recorded marks at Cocanada

1 mark

One other pre-1854 postal marking of Cocanada is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.

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About this record

This 14 December 1852 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cocanada 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 Sephils, 403, lot 0111, (2025).