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Date
1860
Description
x India Early Letters and Handstamps 1860 small Service entire letter to Wynaad showing a very fine strike of circular intaglio "post office manuntaddy" h.s. (unrecorded by Hammond Giles); some faults.
Auction
Same office
Other recorded marks at Manuntaddy
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Manuntaddy are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1860 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Manuntaddy HG A handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 422, (Oct. 2000); Spink, 8032 - Stamps & Covers of Asia, lot 514.