Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
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 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.