COV-4708
13 June 1859 Mangalore HG 3 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
13 June 1859
Description
India, 1854, 1a Deep Red, Die I (4a; SG 11). Two singles in distinctly different shades, margins to touching, tied by barred "24" cancels on blue 1859 folded cover to Lohn, Switzerland, sender's directive "overland via france", red framed "MANGALORE, 185(9) June 13/Paid" despatch datestamp (Giles 3) on back, red Bombay (Jun. 20) and other French transit and faint arrival datestamps, variously rated, mild horizontal bend just affecting top of stamps, still Very Fine, an interesting use which only paid overland mail rate to Bombay and a particularly late use for the Lithograph issue, Switzerland is a scarce destination for the 1854 Lithograph issue
Auction
The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5, Lot 75, (09/30/2025)
Same office
Other recorded marks at Mangalore
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Mangalore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 13 June 1859 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mangalore HG 3 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 8 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 5, lot 75, (09/30/2025).