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Date
1849
Description
COCHIN/PAID. 1849 : H.G.2 : Cover posted from PALAMCOTTA [28 Jan] to COCHIN [1 Feb.] Postage prepaid at PALAMCOTTA 4 as. COCHIN was a Dutch colony till 1795, when it was captured by Major Petrie. Dutch were allowed to retain their laws and administration. It was finally ceded to the Company under the Paris Treaty.
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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 3Ahandstamp1829
- Palamcotah HG 4handstampBlack1831-36
- Palamcotah HG 6handstampBlack1838-39
- Palamcotah HG 7handstampRed1856
- Palamcotah HG 8handstampBlack1840
- Palamcotah HG 9handstampRed1838–1841
About this record
This 1849 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Palamcotah HG 5 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.