COV-3258
20 September 1852 Pondicherry HG 10 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Markand Dave FRPSL
Date
20 September 1852
Description
A Ship Letter from PONDICHERRY on 1852 September 20 with INDIA PAID in crescent. On back, cds of Paris arrival Dt. 28 Oct 52 in black, Dispatch mark of PONDICHERRY Gile Type 12, 1851/58. Transit Period 30 days.
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Other recorded marks at Pondicherry
15 marks15 other pre-1854 postal markings of Pondicherry are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Pondicherry HG 1handstampBlack1786–1823
- Pondicherry HG 1ahandstampBlack1818
- Pondicherry HG 2handstampBlack1795
- Pondicherry HG 3handstampBlack1804–1816
- Pondicherry HG 3AhandstampBlack1801
- Pondicherry HG 4handstampBlack1804–1815
- Pondicherry HG 5handstampRed1826–1836
- Pondicherry HG 6handstampBlack1826–1836
- Pondicherry HG 7handstampRed1838–1851
- Pondicherry HG 8handstampBlack1839–1841
- Pondicherry HG 9handstampRed1839
- Pondicherry HG 11handstampBlack1851–1854
- Pondicherry HG 12handstampRed1850–1858
- Pondicherry HG 12ahandstampBlack1850–1852
- Pondicherry HG 13handstampBlack1858–1862
About this record
This 20 September 1852 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Pondicherry HG 10 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Very common” in this census — one of 13 surviving covers with this mark recorded.