COV-1669
29 April 1817 Tranquebar HG 1 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
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
7 marks7 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.
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.