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21 October 1809 Seringapatam HG 4 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
21 October 1809
Description
India, Seringapatam, 1801, "POST FREE/SERINGAPATAM" Oval Handstamp (Giles 4). Fairly strong strike in red on back of 1809 folded cover to "The Acting President, Mysore" , manuscript "21st Octoby 1809" despatch date, properly signed by officer, heavy file fold and small stain around handstamp, still Fine and noted as "rare" by Giles
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10126, — 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 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 21 October 1809 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Seringapatam HG 4 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 9 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10126.