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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 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.