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Date
1818
Description
India, Trichinopoly, 1818, "POST PAID/TRICHINOPOLY" Handstamp (Giles 1). Mostly legible strike on 1824 folded letter to Masulipatam, manuscript "14 July 1824" despatch date and "Post Paid, A 12" rate markings, bold strike of Madras (Jul. 17) transit backstamp, Fine strike of this scarce postal marking
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10113, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
Same office
Other recorded marks at Trichinopoly
20 marks20 other pre-1854 postal markings of Trichinopoly are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Trichinopoly HG AddhandstampBlack1788–1790
- Trichinopoly HG 1BhandstampBlack1799
- Trichinopoly HG 1AhandstampBlack1788–1790
- Trichinopoly HG 2handstampBlack1824–1827
- Trichinopoly HG 3handstampBlack1825
- Trichinopoly HG 3ahandstampBlack1825
- Trichinopoly HG 4handstampRed1825–1829
- Trichinopoly HG 5handstampRed1833–1834
- Trichinopoly HG 6handstampBlack1831-34
- Trichinopoly HG 7handstampRed1836
- Trichinopoly HG 8handstampRed1838–1845
- Trichinopoly HG 9handstampBlack1839-41
- Trichinopoly HG 10handstampRed1838-43
- Trichinopoly HG 11handstampRed1846–1856
- Trichinopoly HG 12handstampBlack1853
- Trichinopoly HG 13handstampRed1845-50
- Trichinopoly HG 13AhandstampRed1848–1852
- Trichinopoly HG 14handstampRed1837–1857
- Trichinopoly HG 15handstampBlack1857–1858
- Trichinopoly HG 16handstampBlack1849-57
About this record
This 1818 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Trichinopoly HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10113.