Post office · Bengal Presidency
Dinapore
- Handstamps
- 9
- Recorded
- 1824–1854
- Rare
- 1
Dinapore is situated 25°38' N and 85°3' E, in Patna District, Bengal Presidency. It was an important military station, with a large cantonment. The 1857 uprising in the Patna Division started at Dinapore with three sepoy regiments breaking out in open revolt.
Dinapore has 9 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1824–1854 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Dinapore handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Frequently asked — Dinapore postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Dinapore?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Dinapore are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Dinapore post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Dinapore was a post office of the Bengal Presidency, British India, and this census records 9 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1824 and 1854.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Dinapore?
- 9 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Dinapore in this census, of which 1 is graded rare or better. 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.
- What is Dinapore called today?
- Dinapore is the colonial-era name of present-day Danapur, India. The office also appears in postal history literature and auction catalogues as Dinapur. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Dinapore 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 Dinapore 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: Dinapore, Danapur, Dinapur, Dinapore HG 1, Dinapore handstruck stamps, Dinapore pre stamp covers, Dinapore postal history.
How to cite
“Dinapore, Bengal Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/bengal/dinapore (accessed 11 August 2026).
Updated: 11 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Dinapore?
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