Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
1788
Description
1802: UNRECORDED: A letter from Major Simpson to the Mr. Garrow, Asst. Collect. at MADHURA about supplies of grains to 2nd Regiment Cavalry. Endorsed Service, 27th july 1802 and signature of the Major. This handstamp : Recorded version of H.G.1 of Giles has "h" in PALAMCOTAH in lower case, where as this handstamp is having it in capital letter. This may be due to assigning the job to unskilled and less educated workers. The same thing also happened at other places like, CAWNPore etc. Giles recorded H.G.1 as used in 1788 and that to a Solitary example. This with different version of spelling is used in 1802.
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 1788 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.