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Description
India, 1854, 1a Red, Die II (4B; SG 14). Horizontal pair, huge to full margins on each side, cancelled by faint grid circle (Cooper Ty. 2c) with framed "STRETVIEGUNDUN (?)/TALOOK/POST PAID" handstamp with manuscript "22 7 55" date added on back of native cover, small piece of back panel missing, Very Fine and quite rare, ex "Topaz"
Auction
Sale 1360 - The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5, Lot 77, (2025)
Provenance
Topaz Magnolia
About this Streevicundam pre stamp cover
COV-2834 is a Streevicundam pre stamp cover of 2025 bearing the Streevicundam HG 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Streevicundam postal history — the office known today as Srivaikuntam, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
India, 1854, 1a Red, Die II (4B; SG 14). Horizontal pair, huge to full margins on each side, cancelled by faint grid circle (Cooper Ty. 2c) with framed "STRETVIEGUNDUN (?)/TALOOK/POST PAID" handstamp with manuscript "22 7 55" date added on back of native cover, small piece of back panel missing, Very Fine and quite rare, ex "Topaz"
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 1360 - The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5 lot 77 (2025).
2 images of COV-2834 are recorded (front, back); the Streevicundam HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1855.
Questions about COV-2834
- What is COV-2834?
- COV-2834 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Streevicundam, Madras Presidency of 2025, bearing the Streevicundam HG 1 handstamp in red. India, 1854, 1a Red, Die II (4B; SG 14). Horizontal pair, huge to full margins on each side, cancelled by faint grid circle (Cooper Ty. 2c) with framed "STRETVIEGUNDUN (?)/TALOOK/POST PAID" handstamp with manuscript "22 7 55" date added on back of native cover, small piece of back panel missing, Very Fine and quite rare, ex "Topaz"
- How scarce is the Streevicundam HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Streevicundam HG 1 as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1855.
- What is the provenance of COV-2834?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 1360 - The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5 lot 77 (2025).
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Streevicundam HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 1360 - The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5, lot 77, (2025).