Post office · Bengal Presidency
Nepaul
- Handstamps
- 4
- Recorded
- 1816–1855
- Rare
- 3
Nepaul (Nepal) refers to the East India Company postal establishment serving the British Residency at Kathmandu. The Residency was established in 1816 following the Anglo-Nepalese War and the Treaty of Sugauli. Mail was carried by runners through the Terai to the Company postal network in Bengal.
Nepaul has 4 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1816–1855 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
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Nepaul handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Frequently asked — Nepaul postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Nepaul?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Nepaul are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Nepaul post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Nepaul was a post office of the Bengal Presidency, British India, and this census records 4 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1816 and 1855.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Nepaul?
- 4 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Nepaul in this census, of which 3 are 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 Nepaul called today?
- Nepaul is the colonial-era name of present-day Kathmandu, India. The office also appears in postal history literature and auction catalogues as Nepal. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Nepaul 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 Nepaul 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: Nepaul, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nepaul HG 1, Nepaul handstruck stamps, Nepaul pre stamp covers, Nepaul postal history.
How to cite
“Nepaul, Bengal Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/bengal/nepaul (accessed 10 August 2026).
Updated: 10 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Nepaul?
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