COV-2384
14 February 1833 Patna HG 10 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
Date
14 February 1833
Description
1833 Patna – Peckham Lane (London) entire (piece only), with Patna Giles 10 "PATNA/POST PAID/183." despatch handstamp, rate "10as" (single letter inland postage to Calcutta) & date "14 Feby. 1833" applied in manuscript, transited through Calcutta & there Giles SD9 "CALCUTTA/G.P.O./SHIP LETTER/18 FE 18/1833" mark applied, sent to the UK via Reslingh Castle through the Cape route, entered in the UK & "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" transit handstamp applied, & sent to London. "1/" (comprising 8d inland postage + 4d incoming sea postage) applied in manuscript, later at London "B/21 JU 21/1833" GPO receipt applied & sent to Peckham Lane, for that "T.P./Rate 2" inland due mark & "10 NOON 10/JU 21/1833" delivery mark applied.
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Other recorded marks at Patna
18 marks18 other pre-1854 postal markings of Patna are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Patna HG 1handstampBlack1785
- Patna HG 2handstampRed1795–1814
- Patna HG 3handstampBlack1797
- Patna HG 4handstampBlack1816
- Patna HG 5handstampBlack1818
- Patna HG 6handstampBlack1823–1829
- Patna HG 7handstampBlack1824–1829
- Patna HG 8handstampBlack1830–1835
- Patna HG 9handstampMauve1830
- Patna HG 10ahandstampRed1832
- Patna HG 11handstampBlack1834–1837
- Patna HG 12handstampBlack1835
- Patna HG 13handstampRed1837
- Patna HG 14handstampRed1838–1852
- Patna HG 14ahandstampRed1844
- Patna HG 15handstampBlack1839-47
- Patna HG 15ahandstampBlack1840
- Patna HG 16handstampRed1847-49
About this record
This 14 February 1833 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Patna HG 10 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded.