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Date
1850
Description
India, Negapatam, 1850, "NEGAPATAM/1850 November 18/Paid" Framed Datestamp (Giles 4). Clear red strike (date slug inverted) on back of folded letter to Mauritius, sender's directive "Per Ramalis via Madras" , framed "AM" and "ship letter" handstamps, red framed Madras "G.P.O." (Nov. 21) and "Out Station Ship Letter" (Nov. 21, Giles SD11) transit and Mauritius Crowned (Dec. 14) arrival datestamps, slight ink erosion and small opening tear just affecting despatch datestamp, otherwise Very Fine
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10102, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
Same office
Other recorded marks at Negapatam
7 marks7 other pre-1854 postal markings of Negapatam are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Negapatam HG 4 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10102.