COV-335
1 March 1828 Pondicherry HG 5 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
1 March 1828
Description
India, French Settlement, Pondicherry, 1828, "PONDICHERRY/POST PAID" Framed Handstamp (Giles 5). Bold and mostly complete strike on back of folded letter datelined "Pondicherry 1 March 1828" , addressed to Madras, manuscript "A5" rate marking, Madras (Mar. 3) arrival backstamp, front panel with strong horizontal file fold, Very Fine and scarce
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10146, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
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 6handstampBlack1826–1836
- Pondicherry HG 7handstampRed1838–1851
- Pondicherry HG 8handstampBlack1839–1841
- Pondicherry HG 9handstampRed1839
- Pondicherry HG 10handstampRed1840–1854
- Pondicherry HG 11handstampBlack1851–1854
- Pondicherry HG 12handstampRed1849–1858
- Pondicherry HG 12ahandstampBlack1850–1852
- Pondicherry HG 13handstampBlack1855–1862
About this record
This 1 March 1828 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Pondicherry HG 5 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 12 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10146.