Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
1849
Description
This handstamp : Being the bearing post. black rectangular stamp of "TANJORE / Bearing" and a very SCARE blue coloured "COVILPUTY / Bearing" stamp, being used only during 1849.
Auction
(2001)
Provenance
Ex. Giles.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Covilputy
2 marks2 other pre-1854 postal markings of Covilputy are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1849 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Covilputy HG 2 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 Spink, (2001).