Scan or Photo Courtesy of Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Date
1852
Description
India pre stamp collection of covers
Auction
Stamps & Covers of Asia, Lot 81, (2024)
Same office
Other recorded marks at Mysore
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Mysore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Mysore pre stamp cover
COV-4849 is a Mysore pre stamp cover of 1852 bearing the Mysore HG 5 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Mysore postal history — the office known today as Mysuru, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
India pre stamp collection of covers
Its recorded auction history runs through Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's Stamps & Covers of Asia lot 81 (2024).
1 image of COV-4849 is recorded; the Mysore HG 5 mark itself is recorded in use 1837–1864.
Questions about COV-4849
- What is COV-4849?
- COV-4849 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Mysore, Madras Presidency of 1852, bearing the Mysore HG 5 handstamp in black. India pre stamp collection of covers
- How scarce is the Mysore HG 5 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Mysore HG 5 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1837–1864.
- What is the provenance of COV-4849?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's Stamps & Covers of Asia lot 81 (2024).
- When was COV-4849 posted?
- COV-4849 is dated 1852, within the recorded period of use of Mysore HG 5 (1837–1864).
About this record
This 1852 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mysore HG 5 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's, Stamps & Covers of Asia, lot 81, (2024).