COV-4539

17 January 1848 Tranquebar HG 8 Cover

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17 January 1848 Tranquebar HG 8 pre stamp cover — COV-4539 — front

Tranquebar HG 8 pre stamp cover — front (COV-4539) — front

Scan or Photo Courtesy of Markand Dave FRPSL

Date

17 January 1848

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Other recorded marks at Tranquebar

8 marks

8 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
Tranquebar HG 6handstampRed1850–1858
Tranquebar HG 7handstampBlack1852–1856

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About this record

This 17 January 1848 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Tranquebar HG 8 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.