COV-2256
23 September 1837 Cuddapah HG 4 Cover
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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 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).