COV-103
13 December 1819 Palamcotah HG 2 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
13 December 1819
Description
Siegel - INDIA, Palamcotah, 1819, "PALAMCOTAH" Handstamp (Giles 2). Complete and fairly legible circular strike with star at center, applied with "POST PAID" straightline on folded cover to Tanjore, manuscript "6 As, 13 Dec. 1819" rate and despatch date, cover with mild water staining, otherwise Fine and quite scarce, the "POST PAID" handstamp is unrecorded by Giles used from Palamcotah Cavendish - PALAMCOTAH - UNRECORDED “POST PAID” WITH DISTINCTIVE SCARCE CIRCULAR ‘STAR’ NAMESTAMP; 13 Dec. 1819 E (minor fault) to Tanjore with a slightly over-inked but mainly very fine rare fancy circular “PALAMCOTTAH/[Star]” (HG2; “scarce”) on the front beside a very fine matching small “POST PAID [6 As]” (Not recorded by Hammond Giles). A significant addition to the record and a good example of this rare fancy circular mark. PHOTO - see page 43.
Auction
Provenance
"Magnolia" Michael Manning
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 1handstampBlack1787–1792
- Palamcotah HG 1AhandstampBlack1792
- 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 13 December 1819 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Palamcotah HG 2 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Manning, lot 130, (Sept. 2015); Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 1301, lot 6034, (Nov. 2023).