Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
1819
Description
1819: H.G. A : Letter from TIRHOOT to CALCUTTA & the postage paid is shown as 9 as. for a Single letter. The rate from TIRHOOT to CALCUTTA was 9 as. from 1808 to 1830. It was reduced to 8 as. in 1830 for a single letter. Before 1808 it was only 7as. TIRHOOT was formerly a district place which was later divided into two districts viz. MUZAFFERPUR and DHARBANGA. The Post Office of TIRHOOT town was from 1791 or may be prior to it also. It was near BUXAR. This handstamp: The only known copy of this extremely rare intaglio handstamp which shows "TIRHOOT / Pt.Pd." in a square with roundish corners. The cover is Ex Soli Contractor and he opined that the handstamp should have the words POST Pd and accordingly he asked the advice of Giles, and Giles in his personal letter to Soli opined that it has to be Pt Pd as there is no space for the word POST and secondly he has never seen any early stamp having the words POST Pd. Giles letter enclosed.
Provenance
Ex Soli Contractor
Same office
Other recorded marks at Tirhoot
3 marks3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Tirhoot are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Tirhoot pre stamp cover
COV-767 is a Tirhoot pre stamp cover of 1819 bearing the Tirhoot HG A handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Tirhoot postal history, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1819: H.G. A : Letter from TIRHOOT to CALCUTTA & the postage paid is shown as 9 as. for a Single letter. The rate from TIRHOOT to CALCUTTA was 9 as. from 1808 to 1830. It was reduced to 8 as. in 1830 for a single letter. Before 1808 it was only 7as. TIRHOOT was formerly a district place which was later divided into two districts viz. MUZAFFERPUR and DHARBANGA. The Post Office of TIRHOOT town was from 1791 or may be prior to it also. It was near BUXAR. This handstamp: The only known copy of this extremely rare intaglio handstamp which shows "TIRHOOT / Pt.Pd." in a square with roundish corners. The cover is Ex Soli Contractor and he opined that the handstamp should have the words POST Pd and accordingly he asked the advice of Giles, and Giles in his personal letter to Soli opined that it has to be Pt Pd as there is no space for the word POST and secondly he has never seen any early stamp having the words POST Pd. Giles letter enclosed.
Ex Soli Contractor
1 image of COV-767 is recorded; the Tirhoot HG A mark itself is recorded in use 1819.
Questions about COV-767
- What is COV-767?
- COV-767 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Tirhoot, Bengal Presidency of 1819, bearing the Tirhoot HG A handstamp in black. 1819: H.G. A : Letter from TIRHOOT to CALCUTTA & the postage paid is shown as 9 as. for a Single letter. The rate from TIRHOOT to CALCUTTA was 9 as. from 1808 to 1830. It was reduced to 8 as. in 1830 for a single letter. Before 1808 it was only 7as. TIRHOOT was formerly a district place which was later divided into two districts viz. MUZAFFERPUR and DHARBANGA. The Post Office of TIRHOOT town was from 1791 or may be prior to it also. It was near BUXAR. This handstamp: The only known copy of this extremely rare intaglio handstamp which shows "TIRHOOT / Pt.Pd." in a square with roundish corners. The cover is Ex Soli Contractor and he opined that the handstamp should have the words POST Pd and accordingly he asked the advice of Giles, and Giles in his personal letter to Soli opined that it has to be Pt Pd as there is no space for the word POST and secondly he has never seen any early stamp having the words POST Pd. Giles letter enclosed.
- How scarce is the Tirhoot HG A mark on this cover?
- The census grades Tirhoot HG A as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1819.
- What is the provenance of COV-767?
- Ex Soli Contractor
- When was COV-767 posted?
- COV-767 is dated 1819, within the recorded period of use of Tirhoot HG A (1819).
About this record
This 1819 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Tirhoot HG A handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.