COV-1141
16 October 1787 Palamcotah HG 1 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
16 October 1787
Description
Palamcotah: 1787.(16 Oct.) entire letter written in French to Fort St. George showing fine strikes of the extremely rare_"Palamcotah" (HG 1) and'?. notPaid" (HG2) struckonarrivalatMidras. A splendid earlyletter and onl of the_rno^st important itenes of Indian prestamp philately as Flarnrnoid Giles reiords only one example ofboth handstamps.
Auction
Provenance
Dr. Soli Contractor
Same office
Other recorded marks at Palamcotah
10 marks10 other pre-1854 postal markings of Palamcotah are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Palamcotah HG 1AhandstampBlack1792
- Palamcotah HG 2handstampMauve1819–1823
- Palamcotah HG 3handstampRed1832-36
- Palamcotah HG 3Ahandstamp1829
- Palamcotah HG 4handstampBlack1831-36
- Palamcotah HG 5handstampRed1837-49
- Palamcotah HG 6handstampBlack1838-39
- Palamcotah HG 7handstampRed1856
- Palamcotah HG 8handstampBlack1840
- Palamcotah HG 9handstampRed1838–1841
About this record
This 16 October 1787 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Palamcotah HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark with 3 examples recorded in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 173.