Scan or Photo Courtesy of Terry Hare-Walker
Date
20 March 1829
Description
Postal cover from sheally (madras), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Red. Dated 20 March 1829. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Provenance
Terry Hare-Walker
About this Sheally pre stamp cover
COV-2184 is a Sheally pre stamp cover of 20 March 1829 bearing the Sheally HG 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Sheally postal history, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from sheally (madras), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Red. Dated 20 March 1829. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Terry Hare-Walker
1 image of COV-2184 is recorded (front); the Sheally HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1829.
Questions about COV-2184
- What is COV-2184?
- COV-2184 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Sheally, Madras Presidency of 20 March 1829, bearing the Sheally HG 1 handstamp in red. Postal cover from sheally (madras), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Red. Dated 20 March 1829. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Sheally HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Sheally HG 1 as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1829.
- What is the provenance of COV-2184?
- Terry Hare-Walker
- When was COV-2184 posted?
- COV-2184 is dated 20 March 1829, within the recorded period of use of Sheally HG 1 (1829).
About this record
This 20 March 1829 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Sheally HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.