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Date
1829
Description
Covers - India/N.S.W. 1829 Entire letter from Trichinopoly to Scotland with smudged red "TRICHINOPOLY / POST PAID", backstamped boxed "INDIA LETTER / PLYMOUTH" and oval "OUT STATION / MADRAS / SHIP LETTER"; and 1853 cover to Scotland with red Paid Melbourne datestamp, the enclosed letter from "Nairn, via Bulla Bulla". (2).
Auction
G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, Lot 782, (10 Mar 2022)
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 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 1829 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Trichinopoly HG 4 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Argyll Etkin, G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, lot 782, (10 Mar 2022).