Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
1814
Description
1814 : H.G.2: A entire from DEEGAH (17 Sept.] to CAWNPORE via PATNA to Captain I.L. Stuart who was then traveling with H.E. the Governor General. However, since the letter was not on official service, it was prepaid at DEEGAH & was stamped post paid at PATNA, as DEEGAH was not having a Post Office then.
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 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 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 1814 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Patna HG 2 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded.