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Hand Struck Stamps

Presidency

Bengal Presidency

From Fort William at Calcutta across Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Assam — the seat of the Company's earliest organised post.

Post offices known
193
With cancellations recorded
104
Handstamps recorded
474
155Rare & scarce →
Bengal, Bahar, Oude & Allahabad — James Rennell / William Faden, 1786
BENGAL, BAHAR, OUDE & ALLAHABAD — JAMES RENNELL / WILLIAM FADEN, 1786

Offices with recorded handstamps

Known to history — their handstamps yet to surface

89 post offices of the Bengal circle are recorded in the registers, but no handstamp has been catalogued yet. Hold one? Open an office and submit it.

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