Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
14 October 1840
Description
French India, 1840 Folded Letter from Yanaon to Pondicherry. Folded letter datelined "Yanaon 14 October 1840" and addressed to Pondicherry, presumably carried privately entering the mails with red framed "INJERAM/Paid" handstamp (Giles 3 var—spelled "INGERAM") with manuscript "14 October 1840" date and "3As" rated added on back, Madras (Oct. 19) transit backstamp, cover with small piece missing at top of front panel from opening, still Very Fine and interesting intra-French settlement mail via the British postal system
Auction
The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 3, Lot 3285, (26 Jun 2024)
Same office
Other recorded marks at Ingeram
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Ingeram are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 14 October 1840 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Ingeram HG 3 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 3, lot 3285, (26 Jun 2024).