COV-501
18 April 1814 Seringapatam HG 4 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
18 April 1814
Description
India, Seringapatam, 1814, "POST FREE/SERINGAPATAM" Oval Handstamp (Giles 4). Legible strike in red with manuscript "18th April 1814" date added on back of folded letter to " Lieutenant Graw, Commanding the Residents Escort, Mysore", manuscript "Service" and endorsed, cover with slight overall soiling, minor splitting along folds, and large tear on front panel, otherwise Fine, noted as "rare" by Giles
Auction
Sale 9054, Lot 10092, — The Magnolia Collection Part 7
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 18 April 1814 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 9054, lot 10092.