COV-3237
10 October 1800 Tranquebar HG 1 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Peter Thy
Date
10 October 1800
Provenance
The letter was manuscript accessed at 9 fanams (9/12 of a Madras rupee) on the upper right of the front. It must be assumed that it went to Madras and further via coastal ship to Cochin around the southernmost tip of India and on to Travancore and Cochin.British Occupations of Tranquebar as results of the Napoleonic wars: May 12, 1801, to 17 August, 1802 and 12 Feburary, 1808, to 20 September, 1815. The letter were therefore sent just before the first British occupation.
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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 10 October 1800 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.