COV-625
4 January 1836 Pondicherry HG 6 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Gowtham BJ
Date
4 January 1836
Description
India, (French Settlement), Pondicherry, 1836, "PONDICHERRY/POST NOT PAID" Framed Handstamp (Giles 6). Watery but bold strike on back of petite folded letter datelined Jan. 4, 1836 and addressed to Madras, Madras (Jan. 6) arrival datestamps, cover with slight soiling, still Very Fine and quite scarce
Auction
The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 3, Lot 3240, (26 Jun 2024)
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 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 4 January 1836 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Pondicherry HG 6 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 8 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 459, (Dec. 1999); Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 3, lot 3240, (26 Jun 2024).