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Description
Postal cover from chinoo (), bearing unknown handstamp in unknown. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
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Other recorded marks at Madras
81 marks81 other pre-1854 postal markings of Madras are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Madras HG 1handstampBlack1786–1806
- Madras HG 2handstampBlack1788
- Madras HG 4handstampBlack1795–1826
- Madras HG 5handstampBlack1799–1800
- Madras HG 6handstampBlack1802–1822
- Madras HG 6AhandstampRed1809
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About this Madras pre stamp cover
COV-1791 is a Madras pre stamp cover of 1807 bearing the Madras HG 3 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Madras postal history — the office known today as Chennai, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from chinoo (), bearing unknown handstamp in unknown. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
1 image of COV-1791 is recorded (front); the Madras HG 3 mark itself is recorded in use 1791–1816.
Questions about COV-1791
- What is COV-1791?
- COV-1791 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Madras, Madras Presidency of 1807, bearing the Madras HG 3 handstamp in black. Postal cover from chinoo (), bearing unknown handstamp in unknown. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Madras HG 3 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Madras HG 3 as very common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1791–1816.
- What is the provenance of COV-1791?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
About this record
This 1807 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Madras HG 3 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Very common” in this census — one of 34 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Private.