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15 August 1844 Pondicherry HG 10 Cover
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Date
15 August 1844
Description
India, French Settlement, Pondicherry, 1844, "PONDICHERY/1844 August 15/Paid" Framed Datestamp (Giles 10). Bold strike in red with manuscript "A 10" rate marking on folded letter to Bordeaux, France, sender's directive "pr Steamer via Bombay" and "via Marseille" , red "India Paid" crescent handstamp, French entry (Sept. 29) transit and Bordeaux (Oct. 2) arrival datestamps, manuscript "12" rate marking, Very Fine
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10149, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
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 3handstampBlack1804–1817
- 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 12handstampRed1849–1858
- Pondicherry HG 12ahandstampBlack1850–1852
- Pondicherry HG 13handstampBlack1855–1862
About this record
This 15 August 1844 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 21 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10149.