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Date
3 July 1837
Description
India, Mount (St. Thomas's Mount), 1837, "MOUNT/POST PAID" Oval Handstamp (Giles 4). Clear strike in red with manuscript "As 10" rate and "3rd July 37" date markings on back of mourning-line folded letter to Secunderabad, Madras (Jul. 5) transit backstamp, cover with some slight internal splitting along folds, Very Fine strike
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10100, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Mount
6 marks6 other pre-1854 postal markings of Mount are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 3 July 1837 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mount HG 4 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10100.