Post office · Bengal Presidency
Bally
Bally (recorded under the same name) is a town on the west bank of the Hooghly in Howrah district, West Bengal, forming part of the Kolkata conurbation opposite the northern city. An old riverside settlement, it grew with jute mills and river trade in the colonial period. Within the Bengal Presidency it served as a post town on the busy Hooghly corridor, and its pre-1854 markings record the mail of the river above Calcutta.
No handstamp from Bally has been recorded yet.
Bally is a known post office of the Bengal Presidency, but no pre-1854 strike has been catalogued in Giles. This is exactly what the census is here to change — if you hold a cover or strike from Bally, your submission (once reviewed) becomes a recorded entry below.
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Other post offices in the Bengal Presidency
Explore the pre-1854 postal history of other Bengal Presidency post offices — each page lists its recorded handstruck markings, dates and surviving covers.