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Date
9 July 1841
Description
1841 Mahe (served via Tellicherry) – Paris overland entire via Marseilles route, with Tellicherry Giles 5 "TELLICHERY/Paid" hand stamp, date "9th July 41" & paid rate "8as, steam post 9a/1R1A" (comprising 8A single letter inland postage to Bombay weighing under ¼ tolah & 9A steam postage to Alexandria) applied in manuscript. No transit mark was applied at Bombay. From Bombay sent to Aden by EIC regular steamer AUCKLAND; mails from AUCKLAND transferred to EIC steamer BERENICE at Aden & then sent to Suez, then travelled overland to Alexandria, from there sent to Malta via P&O steamer Gt. LIVERPOOL, & sent to Marseilles via H.M.'s packet PROMETHEUS. "PAQUEBOTS/DE LA/MÉDITERRANÉE" French Sea Post Office transit mark & 20 decimes (French 10 decimes inland postage + 10 decimes Mediterranean steam postage) bearing postage applied in manuscript. Reached Marseilles on 31st August & then sent to Paris. Finally reached Paris & there "6 PARIS 6/3 SEPT./41/(60)" receipt mark applied, bearing postage collected from the recipient.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Tellicherry
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Tellicherry are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Tellicherry pre stamp cover
COV-2468 is a Tellicherry pre stamp cover of 9 July 1841 bearing the Tellicherry HG 5 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Tellicherry postal history — the office known today as Thalassery, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1841 Mahe (served via Tellicherry) – Paris overland entire via Marseilles route, with Tellicherry Giles 5 "TELLICHERY/Paid" hand stamp, date "9th July 41" & paid rate "8as, steam post 9a/1R1A" (comprising 8A single letter inland postage to Bombay weighing under ¼ tolah & 9A steam postage to Alexandria) applied in manuscript. No transit mark was applied at Bombay. From Bombay sent to Aden by EIC regular steamer AUCKLAND; mails from AUCKLAND transferred to EIC steamer BERENICE at Aden & then sent to Suez, then travelled overland to Alexandria, from there sent to Malta via P&O steamer Gt. LIVERPOOL, & sent to Marseilles via H.M.'s packet PROMETHEUS. "PAQUEBOTS/DE LA/MÉDITERRANÉE" French Sea Post Office transit mark & 20 decimes (French 10 decimes inland postage + 10 decimes Mediterranean steam postage) bearing postage applied in manuscript. Reached Marseilles on 31st August & then sent to Paris. Finally reached Paris & there "6 PARIS 6/3 SEPT./41/(60)" receipt mark applied, bearing postage collected from the recipient.
1 image of COV-2468 is recorded (front); the Tellicherry HG 5 mark itself is recorded in use 1839–1858.
Questions about COV-2468
- What is COV-2468?
- COV-2468 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Tellicherry, Madras Presidency of 9 July 1841, bearing the Tellicherry HG 5 handstamp in red. 1841 Mahe (served via Tellicherry) – Paris overland entire via Marseilles route, with Tellicherry Giles 5 "TELLICHERY/Paid" hand stamp, date "9th July 41" & paid rate "8as, steam post 9a/1R1A" (comprising 8A single letter inland postage to Bombay weighing under ¼ tolah & 9A steam postage to Alexandria) applied in manuscript. No transit mark was applied at Bombay. From Bombay sent to Aden by EIC regular steamer AUCKLAND; mails from AUCKLAND transferred to EIC steamer BERENICE at Aden & then sent to Suez, then travelled overland to Alexandria, from there sent to Malta via P&O steamer Gt. LIVERPOOL, & sent to Marseilles via H.M.'s packet PROMETHEUS. "PAQUEBOTS/DE LA/MÉDITERRANÉE" French Sea Post Office transit mark & 20 decimes (French 10 decimes inland postage + 10 decimes Mediterranean steam postage) bearing postage applied in manuscript. Reached Marseilles on 31st August & then sent to Paris. Finally reached Paris & there "6 PARIS 6/3 SEPT./41/(60)" receipt mark applied, bearing postage collected from the recipient.
- How scarce is the Tellicherry HG 5 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Tellicherry HG 5 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1839–1858.
- When was COV-2468 posted?
- COV-2468 is dated 9 July 1841, within the recorded period of use of Tellicherry HG 5 (1839–1858).
About this record
This 9 July 1841 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Tellicherry HG 5 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded.