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Date
23 September 1837
Description
HASTINGS/"ISLE OF WIGHT"/KINGSBRIDGE INDIA LETTERS INC. CLARET-PURPLE BOXED "CUDDAPAH/POST PAID"; 1837 EL to London with v. fine (for this) claret-purple boxed "CUDDAPAH/POST PAID" nicely placed on the flap and endorsed "Inland Postage As6/Ship do As4" beside oval Madras ds and scarce red boxed "INDIA LETTER/HASTINGS"; plus 1841 E ex Calcutta with the black Hastings IL mark, 1820 E with fair rare boxed "INDIA LETTER/ISLE OF WIGHT" overlapped by fine oval Madras ds, and part wrapper ex Demerara (B. Guiana) with fine rare red boxed "INDIA LETTER/KINGSBRIDGE". Good group. (4 covers) Cross Reference: SUSSEX, DEVON, ISLE OF WIGHT, BRITISH GUIANA/GUYANA
Auction
Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, Lot 490, (4th Sep 2024)
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 Cuddapah pre stamp cover
COV-2256 is a Cuddapah pre stamp cover of 23 September 1837 bearing the Cuddapah HG 4 handstamp, struck in mauve, recorded in the census of Cuddapah postal history — the office known today as Kadapa, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
HASTINGS/"ISLE OF WIGHT"/KINGSBRIDGE INDIA LETTERS INC. CLARET-PURPLE BOXED "CUDDAPAH/POST PAID"; 1837 EL to London with v. fine (for this) claret-purple boxed "CUDDAPAH/POST PAID" nicely placed on the flap and endorsed "Inland Postage As6/Ship do As4" beside oval Madras ds and scarce red boxed "INDIA LETTER/HASTINGS"; plus 1841 E ex Calcutta with the black Hastings IL mark, 1820 E with fair rare boxed "INDIA LETTER/ISLE OF WIGHT" overlapped by fine oval Madras ds, and part wrapper ex Demerara (B. Guiana) with fine rare red boxed "INDIA LETTER/KINGSBRIDGE". Good group. (4 covers) Cross Reference: SUSSEX, DEVON, ISLE OF WIGHT, BRITISH GUIANA/GUYANA
Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History lot 490 (4th Sep 2024).
1 image of COV-2256 is recorded (front); the Cuddapah HG 4 mark itself is recorded in use 1837.
Questions about COV-2256
- What is COV-2256?
- COV-2256 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Cuddapah, Madras Presidency of 23 September 1837, bearing the Cuddapah HG 4 handstamp in mauve. HASTINGS/"ISLE OF WIGHT"/KINGSBRIDGE INDIA LETTERS INC. CLARET-PURPLE BOXED "CUDDAPAH/POST PAID"; 1837 EL to London with v. fine (for this) claret-purple boxed "CUDDAPAH/POST PAID" nicely placed on the flap and endorsed "Inland Postage As6/Ship do As4" beside oval Madras ds and scarce red boxed "INDIA LETTER/HASTINGS"; plus 1841 E ex Calcutta with the black Hastings IL mark, 1820 E with fair rare boxed "INDIA LETTER/ISLE OF WIGHT" overlapped by fine oval Madras ds, and part wrapper ex Demerara (B. Guiana) with fine rare red boxed "INDIA LETTER/KINGSBRIDGE". Good group. (4 covers) Cross Reference: SUSSEX, DEVON, ISLE OF WIGHT, BRITISH GUIANA/GUYANA
- How scarce is the Cuddapah HG 4 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Cuddapah HG 4 as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1837.
- What is the provenance of COV-2256?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History lot 490 (4th Sep 2024).
- When was COV-2256 posted?
- COV-2256 is dated 23 September 1837, within the recorded period of use of Cuddapah HG 4 (1837).
About this record
This 23 September 1837 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cuddapah HG 4 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, lot 490, (4th Sep 2024).