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Date
10 October 1828
Description
India, Dindigul, 1828, "DINDIGUL/POST PAID" Oval Handstamp (Giles 2). Clear strike in red with manuscript "As 11" rate added and "Post paid, Dindigul, 10 October 1828" date at top on back of folded cover (missing interior panel) to Pulamanair, Very Fine
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10070, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
Same office
Other recorded marks at Dindigul
3 marks3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Dindigul are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Dindigul pre stamp cover
COV-409 is a Dindigul pre stamp cover of 10 October 1828 bearing the Dindigul HG 2 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Dindigul postal history, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
India, Dindigul, 1828, "DINDIGUL/POST PAID" Oval Handstamp (Giles 2). Clear strike in red with manuscript "As 11" rate added and "Post paid, Dindigul, 10 October 1828" date at top on back of folded cover (missing interior panel) to Pulamanair, Very Fine
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9042 lot 10070.
2 images of COV-409 are recorded (front, back); the Dindigul HG 2 mark itself is recorded in use 1828.
Questions about COV-409
- What is COV-409?
- COV-409 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Dindigul, Madras Presidency of 10 October 1828, bearing the Dindigul HG 2 handstamp in red. India, Dindigul, 1828, "DINDIGUL/POST PAID" Oval Handstamp (Giles 2). Clear strike in red with manuscript "As 11" rate added and "Post paid, Dindigul, 10 October 1828" date at top on back of folded cover (missing interior panel) to Pulamanair, Very Fine
- How scarce is the Dindigul HG 2 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Dindigul HG 2 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1828.
- What is the provenance of COV-409?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9042 lot 10070.
- When was COV-409 posted?
- COV-409 is dated 10 October 1828, within the recorded period of use of Dindigul HG 2 (1828).
About this record
This 10 October 1828 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Dindigul HG 2 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10070.