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Bood Bood HG 1 — pre-1854 Indian handstamp, —

Bengal Presidency · Pre-1854 Handstamp

Bood Bood HG 1

Handstamp
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Rarity
Rare
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1 cover recorded

1 pre-1854 cover bearing the Bood Bood HG 1 handstamp is recorded below — each entry links to images, provenance and auction details.

COV-2786 pre stamp cover
COV-2786

INDIA, 1854, 4a Red & Blue, 2nd Printing, Head Die II, Frame Die I (6D; SG 19). Two cut to shape singles, large to ample margins, used with 1854, 1a Red, Die I (4; SG 12), full to clear margins, all cancelled or tied by diamond of dots on cover to Boulogne sur Mer, France, sender's directive "Via Calcutta & Marseilles", red framed Bood Bood Paid despatch handstamp (Giles unrecorded) with manuscript "17 March 55" date added on back, two red framed "INDIA PAID" handstamps, Calcutta (Mar. 19) transit and Boulogne sur Mer (Apr. 30) arrival backstamps, red manuscript "1/-" and "10" decimes handstamp rate markings, the latter tying one 4a VERY FINE AND ATTRACTIVE COMBINATION OF THE ONE-ANNA AND TWO 4-ANNAS LITHOGRAPH STAMPS ON COVER TO FRANCE. The 1a paid the internal postage while the two 4a paid the 8a packet rate via Marseilles. Ex Dr. Kornan.

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About this mark

The Bood Bood HG 1 handstamp

Budbud (the Bood Bood of early records) is a town in Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, on the Grand Trunk Road west of Bardhaman in the Damodar valley coalfield borderland. It was a stage on the great trunk route across western Bengal. As a post town of the Bengal Presidency its pre-1854 markings trace the mail of the Bardhaman road.

Bood Bood HG 1 is a pre-1854 handstruck postal marking of the post office at Bood Bood — the present-day Bud Bud — in the Bengal Presidency, British India, recorded in use —. Its "HG 1" designation is the figure number assigned in the Hammond Giles catalogue of the handstruck postage stamps of India.

A single surviving cover bearing this mark is recorded in the census, with images and provenance. On the strength of that count the mark is graded "Rare" — the grade moves automatically as new covers are recorded. Collectors searching for bood bood pre stamp covers, bood bood postal history or "Bood Bood HG1" material can compare HG 1 across every office or browse the rest of the Bood Bood marks.

Frequently asked

What is the Bood Bood HG 1 handstamp?
Bood Bood HG 1 is a pre-1854 handstruck postal marking of Bood Bood (modern Bud Bud) in the Bengal Presidency, British India, recorded in use —. The "HG 1" designation is its figure number in the Hammond Giles catalogue of the handstruck postage stamps of India.
How rare is Bood Bood HG 1?
Bood Bood HG 1 is graded "Rare" in this census. Rarity here is evidence-based: it is derived from the number of surviving covers actually recorded, not estimated. A single surviving cover bearing this mark is recorded in the census, with images and provenance.
What does a Bood Bood pre stamp cover with HG 1 look like?
A pre stamp (pre philatelic) cover from Bood Bood is a folded letter or envelope carried before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, with postage shown entirely by hand-struck marks like HG 1. A single surviving cover bearing this mark is recorded in the census, with images and provenance. Each census record on this page links to full cover images, dates and auction provenance.
How do I identify or submit a Bood Bood HG 1 cover?
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“Bood Bood HG 1 — handstamp,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/bengal/bood-bood/hg-1 (accessed 19 July 2026).

Updated: 19 Jul 2026