COV-103
13 December 1819 Palamcotah Cover
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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.
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Provenance
"Magnolia" Michael Manning
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Other recorded marks at Palamcotah
11 marks11 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
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About this Palamcotah pre stamp cover
COV-103 is a Palamcotah pre stamp cover of 13 December 1819 bearing the Palamcotah HG 2 handstamp, struck in mauve, recorded in the census of Palamcotah postal history — the office known today as Palayamkottai, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
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.
Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd Manning lot 130 (Sept. 2015); and Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 1301 lot 6034 (Nov. 2023).
2 images of COV-103 are recorded (front, back); the Palamcotah HG 2 mark itself is recorded in use 1819–1823.
Questions about COV-103
- What is COV-103?
- COV-103 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Palamcotah, Madras Presidency of 13 December 1819, bearing the Palamcotah HG 2 handstamp in mauve. 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.
- How scarce is the Palamcotah HG 2 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Palamcotah HG 2 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1819–1823.
- What is the provenance of COV-103?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd Manning lot 130 (Sept. 2015); and Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 1301 lot 6034 (Nov. 2023).
- When was COV-103 posted?
- COV-103 is dated 13 December 1819, within the recorded period of use of Palamcotah HG 2 (1819–1823).
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 4 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).