Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
1838
Description
India, Naidopet, 1838, "NAIDOPET/FREE" Handstamp (Giles 1). Faint red oval with manuscript "1838 Augt 3rd" date added on back of folded cover to Madras, manuscript "Service" at top, framed "AM" handstamp, faint red Madras "G.P.O." (Aug. 5) arrival backstamp, cover heavily soiled, slightly shortened at side, and internally reinforced, Fine, a presumably very rare marking as he notes 1838 as the only year of use and this is the example used by Giles for his book
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10098, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
Same office
Other recorded marks at Naidopet
1 markOne other pre-1854 postal marking of Naidopet is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.
About this record
This 1838 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Naidopet HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10098.