COV-800
15 October 1834 Patna HG 8 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
15 October 1834
Description
1817: H.G. H.G.8: A entire folded sheet from LONDON to PATNA. Postage due till PATNA was 13 annas. Ship postage 3 annas, Inland postage initially 8 annas which was enhance to 10 annas because it was redirected from PATNA to CALCUTTA. The letter was sent to Inspector of Opium, Hon'ble Company's service. HORTIO HARDY was a famous forwarding agent, who was the proprietor of the well known "Jerusalem Coffee House" in London from 1815 to 1840. During this period he acted as a forwarding agent to the East India Company and letters handed over to him for despatch invariably bear his personal signature which is decidedly characteristic with its many flourishes, as the following
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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 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 15 October 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 177, (Dec. 1999).