Help With British India Cancellations?

Eric, sorry no idea at all.
It was sent to me on 1st February 2008 as part of study fellowship.
From whom I cannot recall.

It in inspired me to save one day for a Billigs set (c$1,200)
If the Billigs you are looking at has "India" then I would suggest that is the one, but certainly ask the vendor.
There are differing editions of Billigs also, I believe.

The unknown, above, I keep a scan with the available text string,
in this case ANAGHU then as more examples come to light, I can search for text strings that match.

2008? So, by now you've probably reached that amount for a purchase of the whole set? Or perhaps you'd rather spend on food and shelter? In any event, here is a link that provides the contents of Billig's many volumes. India seems to be in Vol. 40, sub-vol. III

http://www.stampnotes.com/PhilaTopi...ndbooks.html

Eric

Eric,
thanks for that list, fabulous.
I've copied that to MSWorks, so I can search offline.
With due accreditation to author.

I'll be buying Billigs this year, subject to availability.
Possibly Leonard Hartman.

peterh



Pyotr missed the place just by 2094km.

The Danby type B squared circle cancel on the Br. India 1886 ½A H&G B4a/Lang EA9 or Br. India 1883 ½A H&G B4/Lang EA8 (less likely) envelope imprint cut square is of Chamarajanagar Combined Sub Post Office and Telegraph Office, a Br. Indian post office established inside the territory of the Indian feudatory state of Maisuru, but now located in Chamarajanagar (12.0526°N 77.2865°E) in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka state.

Incidentally Maisuru state operated a highly efficient and very cheap intra-state public postal service called Maisuru Anche from 1672 to 1889.

It was established by Maisuru ruler Chikkadevaraya Odeyar (1645–1704) exclusively for transmission of official and military intelligence but later was opened to the public.

It employed a large army of Anche Harkara/Begari (postal runner) and Anche Offices used separate postmarks.

The postal service was forcibly ended by the British.

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopi...919#p3592919

peterh



The cds on Br. India 1888 12A SG 100 is actually of Datiya Sub PO, a Br. Indian PO established inside the territory of the Indian feudatory state of Daitya, now located in Datiya (25.6653°N 78.4609°E) in Datiya district of Madhya Pradesh state.

Datiya also maintained an intra-state public postal system from 1893 to 1921 and issued postage stamps and stationeries.

The cds dt. Dec 2,1903 on Br. India 1900 ½A SG 113 is of Naushahra-Dhala Branch PO, Amritsar (31.63398°N 74.87226°E), now located in Amritsar district of Panjab state.

Naushahra-Dhala BPO did not have savings bank or the facilities of booking of telegrams, foreign parcels and payment of money orders.

The combined datestamp and obliterator on Br. India 1883 2A SG O42 is of Chaura-Maidan Sub PO and TO in Shimla/Shyamala (31.1048°N 77.1734°E), now located in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh.

The Registration datestamp dt. March 1,1905 on Br. India 1892 1R SG 106 is of Vishakhapatnam Head PO (est. 1788) in Vishakhapatnam (17.6868°N 83.2185°E), now located in Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh state.

Vishakhapatnam HPO-cum-Disbursing Office functioned under 1st/Shrikakulam Division of Chennai Circle till 1870.
In 1871, it came under newly created Vishakhapatnam Division.
On Dec 1,1883, it was designated as Vishakhapatnam Combined Head Post Office and Telegraph Office.

The cds dt. Feb 7,1907 on Br. India 1903 8A SG 133 is of Vijayanagaram City SPO & TO, Vijayanagaram (18.1067°N 83.3956°E), now located in Vijayanagaram district of Andhra Pradesh state.

India's a big place Joy, that's not so far out

See what happens when you're not online Joy - us amateurs have a try

Hi everyone! I'm using this thread to ask if someone could help me identify these three cancellations. Unfortunately, I don't own any reference sources like Billig's






Have a stamp-rich weekend ahead!

Hi Briefmarken,

The first one is Hyderbad (Bombay circle), the second is Porto Novo (Madras circle) and the third one is Agra (Northern circle).

Hope this helps

Been away awhile. Gonna try harder to check in. Nice info, Bobby.

Good to see you Cjd