Post office · Bombay Presidency
RutnageryPostal Covers & Pre-1854 Postal History
Rutnagery postal covers and handstruck postal markings of pre-1854 British India, recorded in an open census: 2 Rutnagery handstamps recorded between 1849 and 1855, Bombay Presidency, with 1 Rutnagery cover traced to them.
- Handstamps
- 2
- Recorded
- 1849–1855
Ratnagiri is a port city on the Arabian Sea in Ratnagiri District, in the Konkan division of south-western Maharashtra.
Rutnagery has 2 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1849–1855 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Rutnagery handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Rutnagery— postal history & markings
Rutnagery's two handstamps, of 1849 and 1853 and both common, come from a port on the Arabian Sea in the Konkan division of the Bombay Presidency. One is red, the other black. The record is minimal and ordinary, with no rarity to single out — a clean pair from a coastal district town of the south-western shore.
Frequently asked — Rutnagery postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Rutnagery?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Rutnagery are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Rutnagery post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Rutnagery was a post office of the Bombay Presidency, British India, and this census records 2 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1849 and 1855.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Rutnagery?
- 2 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Rutnagery in this census. 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 Rutnagery called today?
- Rutnagery is the colonial-era name of present-day Ratnagiri, India. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Rutnagery 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 Rutnagery 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 Rutnagery were struck, catalogued and graded for rarity.
Also searched as: Rutnagery, Ratnagiri, Rutnagery HG 1, Rutnagery handstruck stamps, Rutnagery pre stamp covers, Rutnagery postal history.
How to cite
“Rutnagery, Bombay Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/bombay/rutnagery (accessed 24 September 2026).
Updated: 24 Sept 2026
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