Post office · Bengal Presidency
Chota Nagpore
- Handstamps
- 2
- Recorded
- 1847–1848
The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India covering much of Jharkhand and adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar.
Chota Nagpore has 2 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1847–1848 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Chota Nagpore handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Frequently asked — Chota Nagpore postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Chota Nagpore?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Chota Nagpore are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Chota Nagpore post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Chota Nagpore was a post office of the Bengal Presidency, British India, and this census records 2 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1847 and 1848.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Chota Nagpore?
- 2 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Chota Nagpore in this census. Each mark carries its Hammond Giles catalogue figure number, colour, date range, evidence-based rarity grade, and links to every surviving cover recorded with it.
- How do I identify a Chota Nagpore postmark or cover?
- Compare your cover against the reference impressions on this page — each figure shows the mark's design, ink colour and recorded date range. If your Chota Nagpore cover bears a mark that matches a figure, open that figure's page to see every recorded example with provenance. If it matches none, it may be unrecorded: submit photographs through the form on this page and the editors will review it for inclusion in the census.
Also searched as: Chota Nagpore, Chota Nagpur, Chotanagpur, Chota Nagpore HG 1, Chota Nagpore handstruck stamps, Chota Nagpore pre stamp covers, Chota Nagpore postal history.
How to cite
“Chota Nagpore, Bengal Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/bengal/chota-nagpore (accessed 10 August 2026).
Updated: 10 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Chota Nagpore?
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