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AhmednugurPostal Covers & Pre-1854 Postal History
Ahmednugur postal covers and handstruck postal markings of pre-1854 British India, recorded in an open census: 5 Ahmednugur handstamps recorded between 1835 and 1857, Bombay Presidency, with 10 Ahmednugur covers traced to them.
- Handstamps
- 5
- Recorded
- 1835–1857
- Rare
- 1
Ahmednagar, officially Ahilyanagar, is a city and the headquarters of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra, with many surviving buildings of the Nizam Shahi period.
Ahmednugur has 5 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1835–1857 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Manuscript markings
1 markBefore handstamps were introduced, postmasters wrote postal details by hand — these manuscript markings pre-date the struck marks above.
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Ahmednugur handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Ahmednugur— postal history & markings
Ahmednugur's record opens with the pen — MN 1 of 1835, a manuscript mark known from a single example — before its handstamps begin in 1838. The four struck marks, worked mainly in red, are all in common use to 1857. Headquarters of its Bombay Presidency district and once a seat of the Nizam Shahi rulers, whose buildings still stand, the town's post is otherwise unremarkable in its strikes. But that single early manuscript gives the office its distinguishing entry, reaching back a few years before the handstamps to the first recorded posting from this Deccan headquarters.
Frequently asked — Ahmednugur postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Ahmednugur?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Ahmednugur are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Ahmednugur post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Ahmednugur was a post office of the Bombay Presidency, British India, and this census records 5 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1835 and 1857.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Ahmednugur?
- 5 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Ahmednugur 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 Ahmednugur called today?
- Ahmednugur is the colonial-era name of present-day Ahilyanagar, India. The office also appears in postal history literature and auction catalogues as Ahmednagar, Ahmadnagar. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify an Ahmednugur 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 Ahmednugur 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 Ahmednugur were struck, catalogued and graded for rarity.
Also searched as: Ahmednugur, Ahilyanagar, Ahmednagar, Ahmadnagar, Ahmednugur HG 1, Ahmednugur handstruck stamps, Ahmednugur pre stamp covers, Ahmednugur postal history.
How to cite
“Ahmednugur, Bombay Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/bombay/ahmednugur (accessed 25 September 2026).
Updated: 25 Sept 2026
An unrecorded mark from Ahmednugur?
If you hold a cover or strike from Ahmednugur that does not match any figure above, submit it below. Approved additions appear here as new entries in the census — every submission is reviewed first.
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