COV-2057
20 December 1833 Trichinopoly HG 5 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
20 December 1833
Description
Trichinopoly: 1833 (20 Dec.) entire letter to England, rated "1/5", the address panel showing superb strike of the orange-red framed "TRICHINOPOLY/POST PAID" (HG 5), the reverse with framed "INDIA LETTER/PLYMOUTH" and Madras transit datestamp; minor perimeter imperfections. Photo.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
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 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 14handstampRed1837–1861
- Trichinopoly HG 15handstampBlack1851–1858
- Trichinopoly HG 16handstampBlack1848–1857
About this record
This 20 December 1833 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Trichinopoly HG 5 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 350, (Oct. 2000); Spink, lot 216, (Oct. 2001).