COV-2548

25 January 1854 Tranquebar HG 6 Cover

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25 January 1854 Tranquebar HG 6 pre-stamp cover — COV-2548 — front

Scan or Photo Courtesy of D Pittie

This 25 January 1854 pre-stamp cover of British India bears the Tranquebar HG 6 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded.

Date

25 January 1854

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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 2handstampRed1823
Tranquebar HG 2Ahandstamp1811
Tranquebar HG 3handstampRed1831-37
Tranquebar HG 4handstampRed1838–1849
Tranquebar HG 5handstampBlack1843
Tranquebar HG 7handstampBlack1852

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