Scan or Photo Courtesy of Gowtham BJ
Date
1838
Same office
Other recorded marks at Masulipatam
12 marks12 other pre-1854 postal markings of Masulipatam are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Masulipatam HG 1handstampBlack1802–1808
- Masulipatam HG 2handstampBlack1814
- Masulipatam HG 3handstampBlack1817–1819
- Masulipatam HG 4handstampBlack1822
- Masulipatam HG 5handstampRed1831–1834
- Masulipatam HG 5Ahandstamp1825
- Masulipatam HG 6handstampRed1838–1843
- Masulipatam HG 7handstampBlack1838
- Masulipatam HG 8handstampRed1838-43
- Masulipatam HG 9handstampRed1848–1851
- Masulipatam HG 10handstampRed1848-53
- Masulipatam HG 11handstampRed1850–1855
About this record
This 1838 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Masulipatam HG 12 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.