Rangoon

Rangoon handstamp summary

All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.

Frequently asked — Rangoon postal history

What are the pre stamp covers of Rangoon?

Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Rangoon are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Rangoon post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Rangoon was a post office of the Burma, British India, and this census records 1 distinct postal marking used there, of the pre-adhesive period.

How many handstamps are recorded for Rangoon?

1 hand-struck postal marking is recorded for Rangoon 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.

How do I identify a Rangoon 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 Rangoon 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.

An unrecorded mark from Rangoon?

If you hold a cover or strike from Rangoon 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.