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Date
17 July 1840
Description
Entire posted from Cuddalore to Pondicherry with "Cuddalore/ Paid" HG5 All India type Handstamp posted on 17 July 1840 with 1 anna postage paid along with "Pondicherry/ Paid" HG7 All India type handstamp in red color. It's interesting to know that Pondicherry HG7 handstamp is also used as receiving handstamp.
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Other recorded marks at Cuddalore
7 marks7 other pre-1854 postal markings of Cuddalore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Cuddalore HG 1handstampMauve1818–1823
- Cuddalore HG 2handstampMauve1818
- Cuddalore HG 3handstampMauve1823
- Cuddalore HG 3Ahandstamp1827
- Cuddalore HG 3bhandstampBlack1828–1834
- Cuddalore HG 4handstampBlack1839-45
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About this Cuddalore pre stamp cover
COV-3414 is a Cuddalore pre stamp cover of 17 July 1840 bearing the Cuddalore HG 5 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Cuddalore postal history, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Entire posted from Cuddalore to Pondicherry with "Cuddalore/ Paid" HG5 All India type Handstamp posted on 17 July 1840 with 1 anna postage paid along with "Pondicherry/ Paid" HG7 All India type handstamp in red color. It's interesting to know that Pondicherry HG7 handstamp is also used as receiving handstamp.
1 image of COV-3414 is recorded (front); the Cuddalore HG 5 mark itself is recorded in use 1841–1857.
Questions about COV-3414
- What is COV-3414?
- COV-3414 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Cuddalore, Madras Presidency of 17 July 1840, bearing the Cuddalore HG 5 handstamp in red. Entire posted from Cuddalore to Pondicherry with "Cuddalore/ Paid" HG5 All India type Handstamp posted on 17 July 1840 with 1 anna postage paid along with "Pondicherry/ Paid" HG7 All India type handstamp in red color. It's interesting to know that Pondicherry HG7 handstamp is also used as receiving handstamp.
- How scarce is the Cuddalore HG 5 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Cuddalore HG 5 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1841–1857.
- When was COV-3414 posted?
- COV-3414 is dated 17 July 1840, within the recorded period of use of Cuddalore HG 5 (1841–1857).
About this record
This 17 July 1840 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cuddalore HG 5 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.