Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
1817
Description
KURPAH/POST PAID. 1817: H.G.1: Entire letter posted from KURPAH [2 Aug.] the old name of CUDDAPAH to MADRAS [6 Aug.] MADRAS to CUDDAPAH being about 150 miles apart, a single letter Postage paid 3 fanam shown in manuscript. A double circle black colour mark POST/KURPAH/PAID was used during 1817-24 and considered as a very rare cancellation.
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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 Cuddapah pre stamp cover
COV-719 is a Cuddapah pre stamp cover of 1817 bearing the Cuddapah HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Cuddapah postal history — the office known today as Kadapa, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
KURPAH/POST PAID. 1817: H.G.1: Entire letter posted from KURPAH [2 Aug.] the old name of CUDDAPAH to MADRAS [6 Aug.] MADRAS to CUDDAPAH being about 150 miles apart, a single letter Postage paid 3 fanam shown in manuscript. A double circle black colour mark POST/KURPAH/PAID was used during 1817-24 and considered as a very rare cancellation.
1 image of COV-719 is recorded (front); the Cuddapah HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1816–1824.
Questions about COV-719
- What is COV-719?
- COV-719 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Cuddapah, Madras Presidency of 1817, bearing the Cuddapah HG 1 handstamp in black. KURPAH/POST PAID. 1817: H.G.1: Entire letter posted from KURPAH [2 Aug.] the old name of CUDDAPAH to MADRAS [6 Aug.] MADRAS to CUDDAPAH being about 150 miles apart, a single letter Postage paid 3 fanam shown in manuscript. A double circle black colour mark POST/KURPAH/PAID was used during 1817-24 and considered as a very rare cancellation.
- How scarce is the Cuddapah HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Cuddapah HG 1 as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1816–1824.
- When was COV-719 posted?
- COV-719 is dated 1817, within the recorded period of use of Cuddapah HG 1 (1816–1824).
About this record
This 1817 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.