COV-1669
29 April 1817 Tranquebar Cover
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Date
29 April 1817
Description
1817 Tranquebar – Tanjore inland entire, with Tranquebar Giles 1 "PosT Paid/TRANqr" dispatch hand stamp, date "29th April 1817" & rate "1½ fs" (1½ fanams) applied in manuscript. Here the sender paid 1½ fanams for this single letter, as weight was under 1 tolah, & sent under 100 miles, as the distance between Tranquebar & Tanjore is around 70 miles. No delivery mark applied.
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Other recorded marks at Tranquebar
8 marks8 other pre-1854 postal markings of Tranquebar are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Tranquebar HG 2handstampRed1822–1823
- Tranquebar HG 2Ahandstamp1811
- Tranquebar HG 3handstampRed1831–1837
- Tranquebar HG 4handstampRed1838–1849
- Tranquebar HG 5handstampBlack1843
- Tranquebar HG 6handstampRed1850–1858
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About this Tranquebar pre stamp cover
COV-1669 is a Tranquebar pre stamp cover of 29 April 1817 bearing the Tranquebar HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Tranquebar postal history — the office known today as Tharangambadi, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1817 Tranquebar – Tanjore inland entire, with Tranquebar Giles 1 "PosT Paid/TRANqr" dispatch hand stamp, date "29th April 1817" & rate "1½ fs" (1½ fanams) applied in manuscript. Here the sender paid 1½ fanams for this single letter, as weight was under 1 tolah, & sent under 100 miles, as the distance between Tranquebar & Tanjore is around 70 miles. No delivery mark applied.
Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
3 images of COV-1669 are recorded (front); the Tranquebar HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1800–1829.
Questions about COV-1669
- What is COV-1669?
- COV-1669 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Tranquebar, Madras Presidency of 29 April 1817, bearing the Tranquebar HG 1 handstamp in black. 1817 Tranquebar – Tanjore inland entire, with Tranquebar Giles 1 "PosT Paid/TRANqr" dispatch hand stamp, date "29th April 1817" & rate "1½ fs" (1½ fanams) applied in manuscript. Here the sender paid 1½ fanams for this single letter, as weight was under 1 tolah, & sent under 100 miles, as the distance between Tranquebar & Tanjore is around 70 miles. No delivery mark applied.
- How scarce is the Tranquebar HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Tranquebar HG 1 as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1800–1829.
- What is the provenance of COV-1669?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
- When was COV-1669 posted?
- COV-1669 is dated 29 April 1817, within the recorded period of use of Tranquebar HG 1 (1800–1829).
About this record
This 29 April 1817 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Tranquebar HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Private.