COV-2313
20 December 1833 Trichinopoly HG 5 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd
Date
20 December 1833
Description
POONAMULLEE/TANJORE/TRICHINOPOLY - FINE OVAL-FRAMED “POST PAID” MARKS ON PLYMOUTH INDIA LETTERS; 12 Oct. 1824 EL (flap/internal faults, otherwise v. fine) to Lincs. with v. fine rare black “POONAMULLEE/POST PAID” (HG1) nicely placed on the lower flap, 25/26 July 1830 EL (slight flap faults) to Scotland with a mainly very fine orange-red “TANJORE/POST PAID” on the lower flap, and 20 Dec. 1833 EL to Cornwall with superb bright red “TRICHINOPOLY/POST PAID” nicely placed on the front; all with fair to very fine boxed “INDIA LETTER” marks of Plymouth. Good set. (3 covers) PHOTO - see opposite
Auction
Manning, Lot 110, (Sept. 2015)
Provenance
Michael Manning
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 Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Manning, lot 110, (Sept. 2015).