COV-3262
14 October 1858 Tranquebar Cover
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Date
14 October 1858
Description
A Small Entire franked with QV ½ anna Blue tied with C/152 Blue Lozenge, Dastur Type 3 to Karikal Dely Dt. 14 OCT 1858 - KARICAL in Double Ring Red CDS, Dastur Type 11. On Back stamped with Tranquebar Paid in Red Rectangle Box, Gile Type- 6.
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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 1handstampBlack1800–1829
- Tranquebar HG 2handstampRed1822–1823
- Tranquebar HG 2Ahandstamp1811
- Tranquebar HG 3handstampRed1831–1837
- Tranquebar HG 4handstampRed1838–1849
- Tranquebar HG 5handstampBlack1843
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About this Tranquebar pre stamp cover
COV-3262 is a Tranquebar pre stamp cover of 14 October 1858 bearing the Tranquebar HG 6 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Tranquebar postal history — the office known today as Tharangambadi, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
A Small Entire franked with QV ½ anna Blue tied with C/152 Blue Lozenge, Dastur Type 3 to Karikal Dely Dt. 14 OCT 1858 - KARICAL in Double Ring Red CDS, Dastur Type 11. On Back stamped with Tranquebar Paid in Red Rectangle Box, Gile Type- 6.
1 image of COV-3262 is recorded (front); the Tranquebar HG 6 mark itself is recorded in use 1850–1858.
Questions about COV-3262
- What is COV-3262?
- COV-3262 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Tranquebar, Madras Presidency of 14 October 1858, bearing the Tranquebar HG 6 handstamp in red. A Small Entire franked with QV ½ anna Blue tied with C/152 Blue Lozenge, Dastur Type 3 to Karikal Dely Dt. 14 OCT 1858 - KARICAL in Double Ring Red CDS, Dastur Type 11. On Back stamped with Tranquebar Paid in Red Rectangle Box, Gile Type- 6.
- How scarce is the Tranquebar HG 6 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Tranquebar HG 6 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1850–1858.
- When was COV-3262 posted?
- COV-3262 is dated 14 October 1858, within the recorded period of use of Tranquebar HG 6 (1850–1858).
About this record
This 14 October 1858 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 11 surviving covers with this mark recorded.