Post office · Bengal Presidency
Jellasore
Jaleswar (the Jellasore of early records) is a town in Balasore district, Odisha, near the West Bengal border on the old coastal road between Bengal and the Odisha littoral. It was a route and trade town at the northern edge of Odisha. As a post town of the Bengal Presidency its pre-1854 markings trace the mail of the Bengal–Odisha frontier.
No handstamp from Jellasore has been recorded yet.
Jellasore 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 Jellasore, your submission (once reviewed) becomes a recorded entry below.
Same presidency
Other post offices in the Bengal Presidency
Explore the pre-1854 postal history of other Bengal Presidency post offices — each page lists its recorded handstruck markings, dates and surviving covers.
