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26 March 1810 Seringapatam HG 3 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
26 March 1810
Description
INDIA, Seringapatam, 1810, "Post Paid/Seringapatam" Handstamp (Giles 3). Mostly complete and clear red strike in oval on folded letter with manuscript "1½as, 26 March 1810" rate and despatch date, addressed to Capt. de Havilland in Bangalore, cover with file fold at right crosses handstamp, still Very Fine strike of this cancel, Giles notes rare
Auction
Sale 1301, Lot 6047
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 4handstampBlack1800–1823
- Seringapatam HG 5handstampRed1837
- Seringapatam HG 6handstampBlack1828–1837
- Seringapatam HG 7handstampRed1842
- Seringapatam HG 8handstampBlack1842
- Seringapatam HG 9handstampRed1839–1841
- Seringapatam HG 10handstampBlack1848–1853
- Seringapatam HG 11handstampRed1839
- Seringapatam HG 12handstampBlack1858
- Seringapatam MN 1manuscript1810
About this record
This 26 March 1810 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Seringapatam HG 3 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — one of 11 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 1301, lot 6047.