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Date
12 February 1834
Description
India, Patna, 1834, "PATNA/BEARING/18__" Chamfered Handstamp (Giles 8). Clear strike with manuscript "12 Feby (18) 35" date and "1R1as" rate markings on arrival on folded letter datelined "Peckham (London) Sept. 5th 1834", addressed to Patna, forwarded to Allahabad, carried privately and with "FORWARDED BY/THOS. HAVISIDE & CO./147 LEADENHILL STREET" framed handstamp (Rowe Rarity 3), "Inld. Ptg./Ship Do." rate handstamp (Giles SR9), Very Fine and scarce Patna marking
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10109, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
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 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 12 February 1834 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Patna HG 8 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10109.