Scan or Photo Courtesy of D Pittie
This 8 September 1801 pre-stamp cover of British India bears the Pondicherry HG 3A handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Private.
Date
8 September 1801
Auction
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 1handstampBlack1786–1821
- Pondicherry HG 1ahandstampBlack1818
- Pondicherry HG 2handstampBlack1795
- Pondicherry HG 3handstampBlack1804-15
- Pondicherry HG 4handstampBlack1804–1815
- Pondicherry HG 5handstampRed1826–1836
- Pondicherry HG 6handstampBlack1826–1836
- Pondicherry HG 7handstampRed1838–1851
- Pondicherry HG 8handstampBlack1839
- Pondicherry HG 9handstampRed1839
- Pondicherry HG 10handstampRed1840–1853
- Pondicherry HG 11handstampBlack1851
- Pondicherry HG 12handstampRed1851–1858
- Pondicherry HG 12ahandstampBlack1852
- Pondicherry HG 13handstampBlack1858-62