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Date
19 July 1796
Description
India, Tanjore, 1796, "Tajore" Handstamp (Giles 1). Partial but clear straightline strike with manuscript "PP 11 Fa, 23rd Augt 96" rate and date markings on folded letter addressed to William Dick in Calcutta, partial Calcutta arrival backstamp, small opening tear at top, Fine and noted as rare by Giles, used during the Maratha period and prior to 1799 when the territory (not the city itself) was ceded to the East India Company
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Tanjore
8 marks8 other pre-1854 postal markings of Tanjore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 19 July 1796 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Tanjore HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 407, (Oct. 2000).