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29 March 1824 Trichinopoly HG 2 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
29 March 1824
Description
India, Trichinopoly, 1824, "TRECHINOPOLY/POST FREE" Oval Handstamp (Giles 2). Clearly struck on 1824 folded cover to " The Reverend H. Tompson, Senior Chaplain, Madras", countersigned by Chaplain and endorsed "On the Service" , manuscript "29th March 1824" receipt docketing date on back, Madras (Mar. 28) arrival backstamp, cover slight tropicalized and mild file fold thru marking, Fine and scarce
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10140, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
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 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 29 March 1824 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Trichinopoly HG 2 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10140.