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Date
1852
Description
1852 : Entire folded letter from Marseille, France to Coringhy, redirected to Injeram then to Cocanada and back to Injeram via Bombay, handstamped with ‘MARSEILLE/9/OCT/52' double circle red despatch stamp. Also stamped with 'BOMBAY/NO 6 1852/STR-POSTAGE 8/INLD. DO. 10' - value in script - unframed in black - GILES TYPE SR6 RECEIPT STAMP, 'INJERAM/17-11-52/BEARING' - DATE IN SCRIPT - UNRECORDED IN BEARING BY GILES & RECORDED AS 'INGERAM' NOT 'INJERAM' in this cover, 'COCANADA/18 - 11-52/BERAING' - DATE IN SCRIPT - GILES TYPE SUPPLEMENT - 2 and another 'INJERAM/22-11-52/BEARING' - bearing stamp in black UNRECORDED BY GILES, along with, 'BOMBAY/G.P.O./JA13/1853' unframed black Bombay G.P.O. stamp - GILES TYPE G4. And boxed 'P.P.' cachet in red. VERY SCARCE INCOMING MAIL.
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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 Ingeram pre stamp cover
COV-983 is an Ingeram pre stamp cover of 1852 bearing the Ingeram HG 5 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Ingeram postal history, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1852 : Entire folded letter from Marseille, France to Coringhy, redirected to Injeram then to Cocanada and back to Injeram via Bombay, handstamped with ‘MARSEILLE/9/OCT/52' double circle red despatch stamp. Also stamped with 'BOMBAY/NO 6 1852/STR-POSTAGE 8/INLD. DO. 10' - value in script - unframed in black - GILES TYPE SR6 RECEIPT STAMP, 'INJERAM/17-11-52/BEARING' - DATE IN SCRIPT - UNRECORDED IN BEARING BY GILES & RECORDED AS 'INGERAM' NOT 'INJERAM' in this cover, 'COCANADA/18 - 11-52/BERAING' - DATE IN SCRIPT - GILES TYPE SUPPLEMENT - 2 and another 'INJERAM/22-11-52/BEARING' - bearing stamp in black UNRECORDED BY GILES, along with, 'BOMBAY/G.P.O./JA13/1853' unframed black Bombay G.P.O. stamp - GILES TYPE G4. And boxed 'P.P.' cachet in red. VERY SCARCE INCOMING MAIL.
1 image of COV-983 is recorded (front); the Ingeram HG 5 mark itself is recorded in use 1852.
Questions about COV-983
- What is COV-983?
- COV-983 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Ingeram, Madras Presidency of 1852, bearing the Ingeram HG 5 handstamp in black. 1852 : Entire folded letter from Marseille, France to Coringhy, redirected to Injeram then to Cocanada and back to Injeram via Bombay, handstamped with ‘MARSEILLE/9/OCT/52' double circle red despatch stamp. Also stamped with 'BOMBAY/NO 6 1852/STR-POSTAGE 8/INLD. DO. 10' - value in script - unframed in black - GILES TYPE SR6 RECEIPT STAMP, 'INJERAM/17-11-52/BEARING' - DATE IN SCRIPT - UNRECORDED IN BEARING BY GILES & RECORDED AS 'INGERAM' NOT 'INJERAM' in this cover, 'COCANADA/18 - 11-52/BERAING' - DATE IN SCRIPT - GILES TYPE SUPPLEMENT - 2 and another 'INJERAM/22-11-52/BEARING' - bearing stamp in black UNRECORDED BY GILES, along with, 'BOMBAY/G.P.O./JA13/1853' unframed black Bombay G.P.O. stamp - GILES TYPE G4. And boxed 'P.P.' cachet in red. VERY SCARCE INCOMING MAIL.
- How scarce is the Ingeram HG 5 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Ingeram HG 5 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1852.
- When was COV-983 posted?
- COV-983 is dated 1852, within the recorded period of use of Ingeram HG 5 (1852).
About this record
This 1852 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Ingeram HG 5 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded.