Scan or Photo Courtesy of Terry Hare-Walker
Date
1792
Provenance
Terry Hare-Walker
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 7handstampRed1856–1857
- Palamcotah HG 8handstampBlack1840
- Palamcotah HG 9handstampRed1838–1843
About this record
This 1792 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.