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COV-2834

Streevicundam HG 1 Cover

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Streevicundam HG 1 pre stamp cover — COV-2834
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Streevicundam HG 1 pre stamp cover — back (COV-2834)
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Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries

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

Robert A. Siegel Auction GalleriesRobert A. Siegel Auction Galleries

Sale 1360 - The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5, Lot 77, (2025)

Provenance

Topaz Magnolia

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).