Scan or Photo Courtesy of Gowtham BJ
Date
30 December 1850
Description
Entire posted from Madras to Guntoor on December 30 with 2 annas postage paid with "Madras/ 1850 December 5/ Paid" All India Type slide HG19 postpaid handstamp and "Guntoor/ Paid" HG3 handstamp. As Guntoor did not have any receiving postmark assigned the postpaid handstamp of Guntoor of all India type was applied on arrival on 30th December 1850.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Guntoor
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Guntoor are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 30 December 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Guntoor HG 3 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.