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Date
1832
Description
COMBACONUM/POST PAID. 1833 : H.G.1 : Letter posted from COMBACONUM [22 Feb.] to LONDON [15 Aug.]. Inland postage from COMBACONUM to MADRAS prepaid 8 as. U.K. internal and Ship postage due from the addressee 1.3d. Red colour in capsule COMBACONUM/POST PAID was used between 1832-34.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Combaconum
2 marks2 other pre-1854 postal markings of Combaconum are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Combaconum pre stamp cover
COV-723 is a Combaconum pre stamp cover of 1832 bearing the Combaconum HG 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Combaconum postal history — the office known today as Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
COMBACONUM/POST PAID. 1833 : H.G.1 : Letter posted from COMBACONUM [22 Feb.] to LONDON [15 Aug.]. Inland postage from COMBACONUM to MADRAS prepaid 8 as. U.K. internal and Ship postage due from the addressee 1.3d. Red colour in capsule COMBACONUM/POST PAID was used between 1832-34.
2 images of COV-723 are recorded (back, front); the Combaconum HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1832-34.
Questions about COV-723
- What is COV-723?
- COV-723 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Combaconum, Madras Presidency of 1832, bearing the Combaconum HG 1 handstamp in red. COMBACONUM/POST PAID. 1833 : H.G.1 : Letter posted from COMBACONUM [22 Feb.] to LONDON [15 Aug.]. Inland postage from COMBACONUM to MADRAS prepaid 8 as. U.K. internal and Ship postage due from the addressee 1.3d. Red colour in capsule COMBACONUM/POST PAID was used between 1832-34.
- How scarce is the Combaconum HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Combaconum HG 1 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1832-34.
- When was COV-723 posted?
- COV-723 is dated 1832, within the recorded period of use of Combaconum HG 1 (1832-34).
About this record
This 1832 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Combaconum HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded.