Scan or Photo Courtesy of Sephils
Date
1 July 1850
Description
India 1850 Trivandrum (Giles #4) handstruck cover featuring a bearing mark with boxed 'AM' in black and GPO receipt stamp in red.
Auction
Same office
Other recorded marks at Trivandrum
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Trivandrum are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1 July 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Trivandrum HG 4 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Sephils, 436, lot 0107, (2025).