Calcutta G5

27 June 1823

"MIRZAPORE POST PAID" Double-Circle Handstamp (Giles 1). Large and mostly complete strike.

1824

1824 CALCUTTA GENL POST OFFICE Giles G5 on entire to William Fraser at Calcutta, with GPO Ptpd Giles 15 applied for redirection to Delhi

1824

1824 KEDGREE POST OFFICE SHIPLETTER HG S2 on folded letter to Calcutta, ship letter receipt stamp of Calcutta HG SR9 and receipt stamp of Calcutta GPO HG G5

1824

1824 London – Calcutta – Goruckpoor – Cawnpore entire via Cape route, received from the sender & forwarded to Calcutta by Horatio Hardy of Jerusalem Coffee House (London), privately carried & offloaded at Kedgree harbor via Cape route, sent to Calcutta from Kedgree & there Giles G6 "CALCUTTA/29 MAY 29/1825/GENERAL POST OFFICE" receipt along with Calcutta SR9 "Inld Ptg/Ship Do" hand stamp applied, single letter rate "5+2" applied & obliterated as it was a double letter "10+4" (total 14A, comprising 10A double letter inland postage to Calcutta & 4A double letter ship postage, as exceeds 1 Tolah but under 2 Tolah wt.) bearing postage applied in manuscript, which was paid by the agent Messrs Mackintosh & Co. at Calcutta. They forwarded the letter to recipient Hezekiah Clark at Goruckpoor & paid 1R6A inland postage for that as well & at GPO Giles 15a "GPO/MAY/Pt Pd" dispatch hand stamp applied, date "30.25" & rate "1R 6as" (paid 22A double letter inland postage to Goruckpoor from Calcutta) applied in manuscript. As the recipient was at Cawnpore, the letter was redirected there & for that Goruckpoor Giles 1 "GORUCKPOOR/18../POST OFFICE" dispatch hand stamp with rate "Bg from Goruckpoor 8a" (double letter inland postage from Goruckpoor to Cawnpore, written on front side) applied in manuscript. Finally delivered at Cawnpore & bearing postage of 8A collected from the recipient.

1824

** RARE "HORATIO HARDY" SIGNED (FORWARDED FROM LONDON's JERUSALEM COFFEE HOUSE) COVER TO INDIA; 5 Jan. 1824 EL (small tears; cross-written contents, datelined at Peckham, addressed to Hezekiah Clark [1792-1868]) ex London to Calcutta [from the Jerusalem Coffee House signed by its famous proprietor in London] with the distinctive flourished "Horatio Hardy" Forwarding Agent's signature on the top flap; forwarded by another Agent (Messrs Mackintosh & Co.) from Calcutta to "Guruhkpore" with "Inld Ptge/Ship/Do" (Giles type G5) and "CALCUTTA/4 MAY/1824/GENL POST OFFICE" (Giles type G5) arrival cds on rear. Hardy was proprietor of the famous Jerusalem Coffee House from c.1815 - 1840, but his signed Forwarded letters (always to India) are only recorded occasionally from 1823 to 1837. In his way he was as important a character in Anglo-Indian Postal History as Thomas Waghorn. We have only recorded six other "Horatio Hardy" covers. Similar 1833/37 examples were sold by us for £2600 or £2400 in our Sept. 2009 sale. Exhibition Item. 2019 BPA Cert. Cross Reference: FORWARDING AGENTS, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS

4 May 1824

Entire posted from London to Calcutta in 1824, 'CALCUTTA GENLPOST OFFICE/4 MAY 4/1824" large red handstamp (Giles G5) along with black "Ini.d Pt (8)/Ship Do (2)/ (109" two-liner Calcutta receipt his (Giles SR9a) and m/s (in parantheses) on reverse of entire letter from Kensington Place, Bath to Malda, Bengal.