COV-315
24 April 1809 Seringapatam HG 3 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
24 April 1809
Description
India, Seringapatam, 1809, "Post Paid/Seringapatam" Oval Handstamp (Giles 3). Faint but legible strike in red on folded letter to Captain de Havilland "On the road from Chittledroog or at Chittledroog" , sent by recipient's wife who requests "To be kept outside of the Packet" , manuscript "3f 24 April 1809" rate and despatch notation, Fine, noted as "rare" by Giles
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10125, — 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 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 24 April 1809 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 9020, lot 10125.