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COV-3051

3 December 1857 French Rocks HG 1 Cover

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3 December 1857 French Rocks HG 1 pre stamp cover — COV-3051
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French Rocks HG 1 pre stamp cover — back (COV-3051)
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French Rocks HG 1 pre stamp cover — front (COV-3051)
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Date

3 December 1857

Description

1857 (9 Oct.) and (3 Dec.) envelopes from French Rocks and 1858 (3 Aug.) envelope (with letter) from Ootacamund, all from the same correspondence to Dublin, each marked "Per Steamer from Madras" and "Via Southampton", and bearing cut to shape 4a. 5th printing, all clearly cancelled and showing crescent-shaped "india paid" with, on reverse, despatch and Madras datestamps; the last a little soiled

Auction

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Auction: 23028 - Stamps and Covers of India and South East Asia, Lot 27, (2024)

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Other recorded marks at French Rocks

1 mark

One other pre-1854 postal marking of French Rocks is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.

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About this record

This 3 December 1857 pre stamp cover of British India bears the French Rocks HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, Auction: 23028 - Stamps and Covers of India and South East Asia, lot 27, (2024).