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Date
1 Feb 1829
Description
India, Palamcotah, 1829, "PALLAMCOTTAH/POST FREE" Circular Handstamp (Giles Unrecorded). Clear and complete strike on back of folded letter datelined Feb. 1, 1829, addressed to Bangalore, Very Fine, a presumably very rare strike as it was not recorded by Giles in his seminal work on Indian postal markings
Auction
Provenance
- •2025, Robert A. Siegel Sale No. 1325, Lot 3051
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 2handstampMauve1819–1823
- Palamcotah HG 3handstampRed1832-36
- 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 1 Feb 1829 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Palamcotah HG 3A handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, lot 3051, (2025).