Post office · Madras Presidency
Coonoor
- Handstamps
- 2
- Recorded
- 1844–1853
Coonoor is a town and sanitarium in the Nilgiri District, Madras Presidency, 6000 feet above the sea, situated 11°21' N and 76°48' E, 345 miles from Madras.
Coonoor has 2 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1844–1853 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Coonoor handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Frequently asked — Coonoor postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Coonoor?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Coonoor are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Coonoor post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Coonoor was a post office of the Madras Presidency, British India, and this census records 2 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1844 and 1853.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Coonoor?
- 2 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Coonoor 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 Coonoor 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 Coonoor 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.
Also searched as: Coonoor, Kunur, Coonoor HG 1, Coonoor handstruck stamps, Coonoor pre stamp covers, Coonoor postal history.
How to cite
“Coonoor, Madras Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/madras/coonoor (accessed 10 August 2026).
Updated: 10 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Coonoor?
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