COV-3264
28 January 1855 Pondicherry HG 12 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Markand Dave FRPSL
Date
28 January 1855
Description
1854 QV Cover tied with 1 anna Litho stamp Die II, Deep Red cancelled with Cooper Type 1 Large dots. Pondicherry Dt. 27 Jan 1855 and delivered at Karikal on 28 Jan 1855. On Back struck with RED BOX PONDICHERRY PAID Gile Type 12 circa 1851-58
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 10handstampRed1840–1854
- Pondicherry HG 11handstampBlack1851–1854
- Pondicherry HG 12ahandstampBlack1850–1852
- Pondicherry HG 13handstampBlack1855–1862
About this record
This 28 January 1855 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Pondicherry HG 12 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Very common” in this census — one of 16 surviving covers with this mark recorded.