How About Early British India?

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spock, if I recall correctly (I don't fret over these things, so I don't commit them to memory [and I'm not selling]), the 15R is hinge-free and the 2a has a remnant. All the Vickis I posted have been hinged. Even the #6 with the heavy cancel.

Tony, or anyone, do you know the nature of the barred cancel (with the capital M) on the third (last) picture in Tony's post above? I have some examples of that cancel, and I don't know anything about it. Thanks for the pix of the full covers...its nice to see the rest of a cancel when you don't get them socked on the nose.

Collin

hooray if you ever want to sell it off let me know maybe ina few years ull get sick of the baldy. a mnh is a rarity. but really I am happy that you have a mnh india in your collection. mission accomplished only 9999 other forum members left.

Rod,

Was this the diamond cancel you wanted a close up of?

Yes please ill1ill,
if you can isolate it on your scanner platten,
and scan at 300dpi or better?
Cheers for that.

Rod,

I'm afraid this is the best I can do at the moment, I need to get some photo editing software, photobucket wouldn't let me expand this for some reason. Maybe try saving it and viewing it on your computer, I rescanned it at 600dpi. All the other pictures are at 300dpi.

Rodney, you're more than welcome to those covers. Better they go to someone who will appreciate them, than languish in my rejects shoebox. Can you send me your address again, please? An email meltdown has made most of my files inaccessible.

I have a copy of Billigs Vol. 39 (the relevant section of Robson Lowe), if you have any questions that it might answer.

Cjd, the M in bars cancellation is from the Madras Circle. It's usually followed by a number indicating the principal post office, and may also include another number, indicating a branch office of the principal office. The system was used throughout India for a number of years in the late 19th century. The numbers aren't very clear in my example, but they look like M-2 over something illegible. The CDS of Russelkonda, which was a small hill town in the Madras Presidency, probably goes with the killer.

Thanks for trying iil1ill,
no matter, unless you can identify a number or letter
amongst the triangle lozenges, that would be helpful.

Thanks Tony. (rubbing hands together in anticipation)

ill cover you in gold Rod once you get his address organize a liberation party to rescue the poor mnh stamps :)

Rodney, if you'd still like those covers, drop me an email with your new(ish) address, and I'll send them off.

Here is one of the cancels that I was thinking read "M-K." Now that I know it is supposed to be a number, I see it is a "13." I reduced the size slightly to help view the cancel.



As long as I'm posting one cancel, I might as well post another, slightly out of the ordinary (?)...

Not sure about the whereabouts of M-13 in the Madras Circle, but I'd lay odds the cancel on your 4 Anna is 'BANKIPUR', a suburb of Patna in modern Bihar State.

Now that I know what to search for, I find a source that says it is Bangalore in the Madras Circle. Thanks!

Collin

Rod,

Here's that image you wanted to see a little closer.

Thanks very much iil1ill,
looks like C over 90 or 96
Thanks for going to the trouble.

Perhaps Tony can have a look in Billigs

This is a Madras Circle Type 6 cancel. If it's C-90 (and I wouldn't hazard a guess one way or the other) it's Tellicherry.