Post office · Goa (Portuguese India)
Vingoria
- Handstamps
- 4
- Recorded
- 1846–1860
- Rare
- 2
Vingoria (Venguria) is in Ratnagiri District, Bombay Presidency, situated 15°52' N and 73°38' E, 84 miles south of Ratnagiri. It was ceded to the East India Company in 1812.
Vingoria has 4 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1846–1860 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Vingoria handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Vingoria— postal history & markings
Vingoria's four marks, from 1846 to 1860, are worked mainly in red, and their interest lies in scarcity and in a census discovery: FP 2 of 1856 is rare and unlisted in Giles, while FP 4 of 1860 is rare too. A small port in the Ratnagiri country on the western coast, the office recorded its markings in the 'FP' series used for material outside the Giles catalogue proper. For the collector, the unlisted FP 2 is the prize — a mark absent from the standard reference, recovered here from surviving material.
Frequently asked — Vingoria postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Vingoria?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Vingoria are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Vingoria post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Vingoria was a post office of the Goa (Portuguese India), British India, and this census records 4 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1846 and 1860.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Vingoria?
- 4 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Vingoria in this census, of which 2 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 Vingoria called today?
- Vingoria is the colonial-era name of present-day Vengurla, India. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Vingoria 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 Vingoria 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 Vingoria were struck, catalogued and graded for rarity.
Also searched as: Vingoria, Vengurla, Vingoria handstruck stamps, Vingoria pre stamp covers, Vingoria postal history.
How to cite
“Vingoria, Goa (Portuguese India) — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/goa/vingoria (accessed 9 September 2026).
Updated: 9 Sept 2026
An unrecorded mark from Vingoria?
If you hold a cover or strike from Vingoria 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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Other post offices in the Goa (Portuguese India)
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