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Date
October 1818
Description
Patna: lB18 (Oct.) p:rt entire to London showing, on front, lour rare handstamps comprising the intaglio tombstone "P.O./Patna/Sea/Postage/Paid" (HG 5, one recorded), framed "KING'S SEA/posi PAID,/carcirra" in ied (HG SD5), "CALCUTTA/pacrsr LETTER" oval d.s. (HG SD7) and the double-framed "INDIA/PACKET rrrrrR/PAID rolroNnop" in red. Quite remarkable
Auction
Provenance
Dr. Soli Contractor
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 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 October 1818 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Patna HG 5 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark with 2 examples recorded in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 175.