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Hurripaul

Haripal (the Hurripaul of early records) is a town in Hooghly district, West Bengal, a rural market settlement in the fertile tract west of the Hooghly river. It lay among the villages of the Bardhaman–Hooghly plain. As a post town of the Bengal Presidency its pre-1854 markings record the mail of the Hooghly countryside.

Also known as: HaripalView on Google MapsWikipedia ↗

No handstamp from Hurripaul has been recorded yet.

Hurripaul 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 Hurripaul, your submission (once reviewed) becomes a recorded entry below.

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Explore the pre-1854 postal history of other Bengal Presidency post offices — each page lists its recorded handstruck markings, dates and surviving covers.