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Date
1800
Description
India, Nagore, 1800, "POST PAID/NAGORE" Handstamp (Unrecorded in Giles). Bold and clear strike of oval on top flap of folded letter datelined Jan. 18, 1800, addressed to Tranquebar, manuscript "3 annas, 18 Jany" notation on back, address panel with slight stain VERY FINE STRIKE OF THIS STRIKE WHICH IS UNRECORDED BY GILES. AN IMPORTANT STAMPLESS-PERIOD RARITY. This predates the other Nagore marking listed in Giles by more than 50 years (Giles 1, 1853). Of interesting note, this was sent to Tranquebar which was a Danish settlement that was eventually sold to the British in 1845.
Auction
Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, Lot 4199
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Other recorded marks at Nagore
1 markOne other pre-1854 postal marking of Nagore is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.
About this Nagore pre stamp cover
COV-513 is a Nagore pre stamp cover of 1800 bearing the Nagore HG 1Add handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Nagore postal history, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
India, Nagore, 1800, "POST PAID/NAGORE" Handstamp (Unrecorded in Giles). Bold and clear strike of oval on top flap of folded letter datelined Jan. 18, 1800, addressed to Tranquebar, manuscript "3 annas, 18 Jany" notation on back, address panel with slight stain VERY FINE STRIKE OF THIS STRIKE WHICH IS UNRECORDED BY GILES. AN IMPORTANT STAMPLESS-PERIOD RARITY. This predates the other Nagore marking listed in Giles by more than 50 years (Giles 1, 1853). Of interesting note, this was sent to Tranquebar which was a Danish settlement that was eventually sold to the British in 1845.
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Worldwide Stamps and Postal History lot 4199.
2 images of COV-513 are recorded (front, back); the Nagore HG 1Add mark itself is recorded in use 1800.
Questions about COV-513
- What is COV-513?
- COV-513 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Nagore, Madras Presidency of 1800, bearing the Nagore HG 1Add handstamp in black. India, Nagore, 1800, "POST PAID/NAGORE" Handstamp (Unrecorded in Giles). Bold and clear strike of oval on top flap of folded letter datelined Jan. 18, 1800, addressed to Tranquebar, manuscript "3 annas, 18 Jany" notation on back, address panel with slight stain VERY FINE STRIKE OF THIS STRIKE WHICH IS UNRECORDED BY GILES. AN IMPORTANT STAMPLESS-PERIOD RARITY. This predates the other Nagore marking listed in Giles by more than 50 years (Giles 1, 1853). Of interesting note, this was sent to Tranquebar which was a Danish settlement that was eventually sold to the British in 1845.
- How scarce is the Nagore HG 1Add mark on this cover?
- The census grades Nagore HG 1Add as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1800.
- What is the provenance of COV-513?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Worldwide Stamps and Postal History lot 4199.
- When was COV-513 posted?
- COV-513 is dated 1800, within the recorded period of use of Nagore HG 1Add (1800).
About this record
This 1800 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Nagore HG 1Add handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, lot 4199.