COV-339
4 November 1852 Pondicherry HG 12 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
4 November 1852
Description
India, French Settlement, Pondicherry, 1852, "PONDICHERRY/1852 November 4 /Paid" Framed Datestamp (Giles 12). Bold strike in red on blue folded letter to Marseilles, France, sender's directive "p Stear Pointe Galle & Suez" , framed "AM" and red "INDIA PAID" crescent handstamps, red Madras (Nov. 6) and red French entry transit handstamps, "10" rate handstamp, mild file fold thru Pondicherry marking, Very Fine
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10150, — 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 10handstampRed1840–1854
- Pondicherry HG 11handstampBlack1851–1854
- Pondicherry HG 12ahandstampBlack1850–1852
- Pondicherry HG 13handstampBlack1855–1862
About this record
This 4 November 1852 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. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10150.