COV-1671
12 December 1801 Seringapatam HG 3 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
Date
12 December 1801
Description
1801 Seringapatam – Calcutta inland entire, with Seringapatam Giles 3 "Post Paid/Seringapatam" dispatch hand stamp, date "13 Decr. 1801" & rate "16½ fs" (comprising 4½ fanams as inland from Seringapatam to Madras, 12 fanams as inland postage from Madras to Ganjam, total 16½ fanams) applied in manuscript, from Ganjam to Calcutta sent bearing, at Calcutta Giles 11 "G.P.O./DECr./Bg Pg" bearing hand stamp, date "01" & rate "6" (6A rate Ganjam to Calcutta, for letter not exceeding 1R6A sicca weight or around 16 grams) applied in manuscript, which was collected from the recipient.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
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 9handstampRed1839–1856
- Seringapatam HG 10handstampBlack1848–1853
- Seringapatam HG 11handstampRed1839
- Seringapatam HG 12handstampBlack1858
- Seringapatam MN 1manuscript1810
About this record
This 12 December 1801 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 Spink, Giles, lot 377, (Oct. 2000); Private.