Post office · Bengal Presidency
Diamond Harbour
- Handstamps
- 3
- Recorded
- 1828–1847
Diamond Harbour is a city and municipality of South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, on the Hooghly estuary; headquarters of the Diamond Harbour subdivision.
Diamond Harbour has 3 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1828–1847 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Diamond Harbour handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Frequently asked — Diamond Harbour postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Diamond Harbour?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Diamond Harbour are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Diamond Harbour post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Diamond Harbour was a post office of the Bengal Presidency, British India, and this census records 3 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1828 and 1847.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Diamond Harbour?
- 3 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Diamond Harbour 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 Diamond Harbour 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 Diamond Harbour 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: Diamond Harbour, Diamond Harbor, Diamond Harbour HG 1, Diamond Harbour handstruck stamps, Diamond Harbour pre stamp covers, Diamond Harbour postal history.
How to cite
“Diamond Harbour, Bengal Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/bengal/diamond-harbour (accessed 10 August 2026).
Updated: 10 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Diamond Harbour?
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