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Date
1855
Description
1855 QV ½ Anna Die I Litho stamp from "A" Stone tied on the entire with thin dot cancellation Cooper Type 1. Showing an Exceptional & Constant Positional ( Pos # 78) Retouch Variety in chignon, From Pondicherry. Reverse 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 3handstampBlack1804–1816
- 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 10handstampRed1840–1854
- Pondicherry HG 11handstampBlack1851–1854
- Pondicherry HG 12ahandstampBlack1850–1852
- Pondicherry HG 13handstampBlack1858–1862
About this record
This 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 13 surviving covers with this mark recorded.