Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
1800
Description
INDIA, Tuticorin, 1800, "TUTICORIN" and "POSTPAID" Handstamps (Unrecorded in Giles). Complete but very faint straightline strikes applied in transit on folded letter datelined Colombo May 30, 1800, addressed to Cochin, cover with overall toning and some splitting along folds, about Fine, unrecorded in Giles and believed to be the only known cover with both handstamps applied together
Auction
Sale 1301, Lot 6053
Same office
Other recorded marks at Tuticorin
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Tuticorin are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Tuticorin pre stamp cover
COV-122 is a Tuticorin pre stamp cover of 1800 bearing the Tuticorin HG 2 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Tuticorin postal history — the office known today as Thoothukudi, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
INDIA, Tuticorin, 1800, "TUTICORIN" and "POSTPAID" Handstamps (Unrecorded in Giles). Complete but very faint straightline strikes applied in transit on folded letter datelined Colombo May 30, 1800, addressed to Cochin, cover with overall toning and some splitting along folds, about Fine, unrecorded in Giles and believed to be the only known cover with both handstamps applied together
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 1301 lot 6053.
2 images of COV-122 are recorded (front, back); the Tuticorin HG 2 mark itself is recorded in use 1799–1800.
Questions about COV-122
- What is COV-122?
- COV-122 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Tuticorin, Madras Presidency of 1800, bearing the Tuticorin HG 2 handstamp in black. INDIA, Tuticorin, 1800, "TUTICORIN" and "POSTPAID" Handstamps (Unrecorded in Giles). Complete but very faint straightline strikes applied in transit on folded letter datelined Colombo May 30, 1800, addressed to Cochin, cover with overall toning and some splitting along folds, about Fine, unrecorded in Giles and believed to be the only known cover with both handstamps applied together
- How scarce is the Tuticorin HG 2 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Tuticorin HG 2 as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1799–1800.
- What is the provenance of COV-122?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 1301 lot 6053.
- When was COV-122 posted?
- COV-122 is dated 1800, within the recorded period of use of Tuticorin HG 2 (1799–1800).
About this record
This 1800 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Tuticorin HG 2 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 1301, lot 6053.