COV-1392

13 April 1843 Tranquebar HG 5 Cover

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13 April 1843 Tranquebar HG 5 pre stamp cover — COV-1392

Scan or Photo Courtesy of Corinphila Auctions

Date

13 April 1843

Provenance

Jochen Heddergott (from Edition D'Or released by Corinphila Auctions)

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Other recorded marks at Tranquebar

7 marks

7 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 1handstampBlack1800–1829
Tranquebar HG 2handstampRed1822–1823
Tranquebar HG 2Ahandstamp1811
Tranquebar HG 3handstampRed1831–1837
Tranquebar HG 4handstampRed1838–1849
Tranquebar HG 6handstampRed1850–1858
Tranquebar HG 7handstampBlack1852–1856

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About this record

This 13 April 1843 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Tranquebar HG 5 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.