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TipperahPostal Covers & Pre-1854 Postal History
Tipperah postal covers and handstruck postal markings of pre-1854 British India, recorded in an open census: 4 Tipperah handstamps recorded between 1790 and 1854, Bengal Presidency, with 13 Tipperah covers traced to them.
- Handstamps
- 4
- Recorded
- 1790–1854
- Rare
- 1
Tipperah is a District in the Chittagong Division of Assam, and is situated 23°28' N and 91°11' E, on the banks of the Ganges. The country was in the hands of the Moghuls until 1765, when it came into the possession of the East India Company.
Tipperah has 4 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1790–1854 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Tipperah handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Tipperah— postal history & markings
Tipperah's four handstamps, all in black, reach back to 1790, when HG 1 — known from a single example — opens the record of this eastern district on the Ganges. HG 2 of 1813 is scarce, the later marks common, and every strike is in black. A district in the Chittagong country, its post leaves a small but genuinely early all-black record. For the collector, that single-example opener of 1790 is the prize — among the earlier marks recorded from Bengal, from one of the more remote of the eastern offices.
Frequently asked — Tipperah postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Tipperah?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Tipperah are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Tipperah post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Tipperah was a post office of the Bengal Presidency, British India, and this census records 4 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1790 and 1854.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Tipperah?
- 4 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Tipperah 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.
- How do I identify a Tipperah 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 Tipperah 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.
For background on the material itself, see the guides to the handstruck stamps of India, the pre covers of India and the pre stamp covers of India, which explain how marks like those recorded at Tipperah were struck, catalogued and graded for rarity.
Also searched as: Tipperah, Comilla, Tripura, Tipperah HG 1, Tipperah handstruck stamps, Tipperah pre stamp covers, Tipperah postal history.
How to cite
“Tipperah, Bengal Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/bengal/tipperah (accessed 24 September 2026).
Updated: 24 Sept 2026
An unrecorded mark from Tipperah?
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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.