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Description
Native Mysore Anche entire with address panel and letter content written throughout in Kannada script. The Mysore HG 6 boxed handstamp struck in red at lower left, with manuscript rate markings in Kannada numerals alongside. Paper aged and toned, with some soiling and a small tear to the upper edge, otherwise intact. Provenance: ex Giles, ex David Padgham, ex Max Smith.
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Provenance
Ex Giles Ex David Padgham Ex Max Smith
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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-532 is a Mysore pre stamp cover bearing the Mysore HG 6 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Mysore postal history — the office known today as Mysuru, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Native Mysore Anche entire with address panel and letter content written throughout in Kannada script. The Mysore HG 6 boxed handstamp struck in red at lower left, with manuscript rate markings in Kannada numerals alongside. Paper aged and toned, with some soiling and a small tear to the upper edge, otherwise intact. Provenance: ex Giles, ex David Padgham, ex Max Smith.
Its recorded auction history runs through India Study Circle.
1 image of COV-532 is recorded (front); the Mysore HG 6 mark itself is recorded in use 1870.
Questions about COV-532
- What is COV-532?
- COV-532 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Mysore, Madras Presidency, bearing the Mysore HG 6 handstamp in red. Native Mysore Anche entire with address panel and letter content written throughout in Kannada script. The Mysore HG 6 boxed handstamp struck in red at lower left, with manuscript rate markings in Kannada numerals alongside. Paper aged and toned, with some soiling and a small tear to the upper edge, otherwise intact. Provenance: ex Giles, ex David Padgham, ex Max Smith.
- How scarce is the Mysore HG 6 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Mysore HG 6 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1870.
- What is the provenance of COV-532?
- Its recorded auction history runs through India Study Circle.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mysore HG 6 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with India Study Circle.