Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
1824
Description
Salem: 1824 large native envelope to Madras, the reverse showing framed "SALEM/POST FREE" (HG 1); some tone spotting and worm damage, otherwise fine. Photo.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Salem
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Salem are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1824 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Salem HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 342, (Oct. 2000).