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25 September 1853 Seringapatam HG 10 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
25 September 1853
Description
India, Seringapatam, 1853, "SERINGAPATAM/Bearing" Framed Handstamp (Giles 10). Bold strike with manuscript "25-9-53" date and "As 2" rate markings on back of petite native cover to Madras, framed "AM" handstamp, red Madras (Sept. 29) arrival backstamp, cover barely reduced at right, Very Fine strike
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10127, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
Same office
Other recorded marks at Seringapatam
12 marks12 other pre-1854 postal markings of Seringapatam are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Seringapatam HG 1handstampBlack1799
- Seringapatam HG 2handstampBlack1801
- Seringapatam HG 3handstampBlack1801–1815
- Seringapatam HG 4handstampBlack1800–1823
- Seringapatam HG 5handstampRed1837
- Seringapatam HG 6handstampBlack1828–1837
- Seringapatam HG 7handstampRed1842
- Seringapatam HG 8handstampBlack1842
- Seringapatam HG 9handstampRed1839–1841
- Seringapatam HG 11handstampRed1839
- Seringapatam HG 12handstampBlack1858
- Seringapatam MN 1manuscript1810
About this record
This 25 September 1853 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Seringapatam HG 10 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10127.