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Indien - Vorphilatelie: 1816 MADRAS CROWN SHIP LETTER INTAGLIO HANDSTAMP: Entire letter from Madras
1816 MADRAS CROWN SHIP LETTER INTAGLIO HANDSTAMP: Entire letter from Madras (30 May) to London (15 Oct) per HM steamer "Zebra", bearing on front the intaglio Crown "MADRAS SHIPLETER/181./GPO" datestamp in black (Giles SD2, "very scarce") in combination with boxed "UNPAID" (Giles SD3), Crowned "INDIA PACKET LETTER/G.P.O./LONDON/15 OC 15/1816" arrival d/s, and with red "4 o'Clock/OC 15/1816 EV." London evening delivery d/s on the reverse. The Madras Intaglio stamp was only used for about 3 months (May to July 1816) on letters carried by H.M. Ships. All such letters were treated as Packet Letters and charged (here 3s6d) accordingly as per 'The English Post Office Act of 1815'.
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