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Date
1816
Description
India, Cuddapah, 1816, "POST/KURPAH/PAID" Circular Handstamp (Giles 1). Faint but mostly legible strike on folded letter from de Havilland datelined Mar. 7, 1816, addressed to Chittoor, manuscript "6fs" rate marking, Fine and surprisingly scarce marking which is noted as rare by Giles
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10035, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
Same office
Other recorded marks at Cuddapah
6 marks6 other pre-1854 postal markings of Cuddapah are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1816 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cuddapah HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10035.