COV-2835
29 July 1855 Streevicundam HG 1 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
29 July 1855
Description
India, 1854, 1a Red, Die II (4B; SG 14). Mostly huge margins, cancelled by faint grid circle (Cooper Ty. 2c) on native cover, bold red framed "STRETVIEGUNDUN (?)/TALOOK/POST PAID" despatch handstamp with manuscript "29 7 55" date added on back, small piece missing at top, front panel with tear extending to stamp and just affecting top margin, still Very Fine and quite rare, ex "Topaz"
Auction
Sale 1360 - The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5, Lot 78, (2025)
Provenance
Topaz Magnolia
About this record
This 29 July 1855 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 78, (2025).