COV-765
18 September 1834 Patna HG 8 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
18 September 1834
Description
1834 : H.G. 8 (PATNA), H.G. 1 (CHUNAR): Letter despatched from CHUNAR to PATNA, however after reaching PATNA it was redirected to Quilmar, via AARAH. Initially Sas. postage up to PATNA was paid and the redirected postage of 4 as. was shownas bearing.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
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 18 September 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 Spink, lot 139, (Oct. 2000); Spink, lot 177, (Oct. 2001).