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Date
1809-Jun-21
Description
Siegel - Gooty, 1809, "POSTPAID/GOOTY" Handstamp (Giles 1). Bold strike on flap of folded cover (missing side flap) with docketing indicating Jun. 21, 1809 despatch, addressed to Registrar of the Supreme Court in Madras, cover with slight ink erosion and soiling, still Very Fine strike, this is the only recorded example of this marking per Giles, ex Manning Cavendish - GOOTY - THE ONLY KNOWN(?) PRE-1839 MARK - 2-LINE OVAL-FRAMED “POST PAID/GOOTY” COVER TO MADRAS; 16 June 1809 long E (some wear and folded down) to Madras with a vert fine rare “POST PAID/GOOTY” (HG Type 1; “1 example recorded”) on the flap endorsed “w[eighin?]g 2 oz. Packet 60 fan[am]s” with date on lower flap. One of the rarest pre-1830 Indian markings. PHOTO - see page 31.
Auction
Provenance
"Magnolia" Michael Manning
Same office
Other recorded marks at Gooty
3 marks3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Gooty are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1809-Jun-21 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Gooty HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Manning, lot 90, (Sept. 2015); Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 1286, lot 22, (May 2023).