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Date
1839
Description
1839 PALAMCOTAH Bearing Giles 6 on folded letter to Madras inscribed On Service to be sent free of postage but was identified and marked as bearing
Auction
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 3Ahandstamp1829
- Palamcotah HG 4handstampBlack1831-36
- Palamcotah HG 5handstampRed1837-49
- Palamcotah HG 7handstampRed1856
- Palamcotah HG 8handstampBlack1840
- Palamcotah HG 9handstampRed1838–1841
About this record
This 1839 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Palamcotah HG 6 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with StampBay, 15, lot 46.