COV-1903
1800-Mar-8 Madras HG 5 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
1800-Mar-8
Description
x India Early Letters and Handstamps 1800 (7 Mar.) entire (refolded for display) to Salem, marked "Service", showing on reverse almost complete "post paid/service/fort st george" oval-framed h.s. (unlisted by Hammond Giles but similar to HG 5) plus "8" and "Mar" datestamps; some light overall discolouration. Rare.
Auction
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Other recorded marks at Madras
80 marks80 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 3handstampBlack1791–1816
- Madras HG 4handstampBlack1795–1826
- Madras HG 6handstampBlack1802–1822
- Madras HG 6AhandstampRed1809
- Madras HG 7handstampBlack1816–1823
- Madras HG 8handstampBlack1819
- Madras HG 9handstampBlack1812–1820
- Madras HG 10handstampBlack1820
- Madras HG 11handstampRed1819–1824
- Madras HG 12handstampBlack1820–1832
- Madras HG 13handstampBlack1821–1832
- Madras HG 14handstampBlack1822–1836
- Madras HG 15handstampBlack1807–1826
- Madras HG 16handstampRed1824–1837
- Madras HG 17handstampRed1833-37
- Madras HG 18handstampBlack1833-37
- Madras HG 19handstampRed1837–1854
- Madras HG 19ahandstampRed1841
- Madras HG 20handstampBlack1838–1856
- Madras HG 21handstampRed1837–1853
- Madras HG 22handstampRed1837–1854
- Madras HG 23handstampBlack1842–1849
- Madras HG 24handstampRed1843–1854
- Madras HG 25handstampRed1853–1855
- Madras HG 26handstampBlack1853–1854
- Madras MN 1manuscript1815–1816
- Madras MX1handstampBlack1817–1819
- Madras MX2handstampBlack1819-20
- Madras MX3handstampBlack1820-24
- Madras MX4handstampBlack1824-38
- Madras MX5handstampRed1837-53
- Madras MX6handstampRed1838–1851
- Madras MX7handstampBlack1840–1854
- Madras MX8handstampBlack1838–1861
- Madras MX9handstampBlack1845-51
- Madras MX9ahandstampBlack1848-49
- Madras MX10handstampBlack1855
- Madras MX11handstampBlack1855
- Madras MX11ahandstampBlack1849
- Madras MX12handstampRed1847-52
- Madras MX13handstampBlack1848–1854
- Madras MX14handstampBlack1848–1854
- Madras MX15handstampRed1850–1851
- Madras MX16handstampBlack1851–1854
- Madras MX17handstampRed1837–1856
- Madras SD1handstampBlack1815
- Madras SD2handstampBlack1816
- Madras SD3handstampBlack1816–1819
- Madras SD4handstampBlack1816–1818
- Madras SD5handstampBlack1816–1819
- Madras SD6handstampBlack1816–1820
- Madras SD7handstampBlack1819–1820
- Madras SD8handstampBlack1820–1833
- Madras SD9handstampRed1822
- Madras SD10handstampRed1822–1836
- Madras SD11handstampRed1824–1852
- Madras SD12handstampBlack1825–1831
- Madras SD13handstampBlack1832–1837
- Madras SD14handstampBlack1837
- Madras SD15handstampRed1835–1836
- Madras SD16handstampRed1836–1854
- Madras SD17handstampBlack1836–1838
- Madras SD18handstampRed1838–1844
- Madras SD19handstampRed1838–1850
- Madras SD20handstampRed1844–1866
- Madras SD21handstampRed1845–1855
- Madras SD21ahandstampRed1845–1853
- Madras SD21bhandstampRed1849-55
- Madras SD22handstampBlack1857–1865
- Madras SR1handstampBlack1815–1819
- Madras SR2handstampBlack1818–1819
- Madras SR3handstampBlack1837–1861
- Madras SR4handstampRed1838-55
- Madras SR5handstampBlack1837–1858
- Madras SR6handstampBlack1841-57
- Madras SR7handstampBlack1845–1867
- Madras SR8handstampBlack1858-61
- Madras HG SRAddhandstampBlack1815
About this record
This 1800-Mar-8 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Madras HG 5 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, 8032 - Stamps & Covers of Asia, lot 503.