COV-4078
1853 Trichinopoly HG 14 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Gowtham BJ
Date
1853
Description
Entire posted from Trichinopoly to Madras with HG15 "Trichinopoly/ Bearing" handstamp in black along with Madras receiving house No 1 "Rs House/ No.1" handstamp and 2D delivery handstamp in red it is the earliest recorded handstamp in 1853.
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 1handstampBlack1817–1831
- 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 15handstampBlack1857–1858
- Trichinopoly HG 16handstampBlack1849-57
About this record
This 1853 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Trichinopoly HG 14 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded.