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Date
30 April 1835
Description
India, Patna, 1835, "PATNA/BEARg/18__" Oval Handstamp (Giles 12). Mostly clear and complete strike with manuscript "13 Sept 35" date and "1 Rs 5a" rate added and applied in transit on cover datelined "London, 30th April 1835", addressed to "Assistant Opium Agent" in Patna, forwarded to Simlah, bold strike of "Forwarded by Thos. Haviside & Co., 147 Leadenhall Street" forwarder's handstamp, Calcutta transit backstamp, Calcutta rate handstamp, Very Fine, a scarce Patna marking with few examples thought to exist, particularly interesting with the relation to an Opium agent
Auction
Sale 9054, Lot 10080, — The Magnolia Collection Part 7
Same office
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 10handstampBlack1831–1835
- Patna HG 10ahandstampRed1832
- Patna HG 11handstampBlack1834–1837
- 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 30 April 1835 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Patna HG 12 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9054, lot 10080.