Post office · Madras Presidency
Guntoor
- Handstamps
- 5
- Recorded
- 1823–1854
- Rare
- 1
Guntoor, situated 16°18' N, and 80°28' E, in Guntoor District, Madras Presidency, 6 miles to the east of the Kondavid Hills. The town derives its name from the Telugu 'gunta', a tank. It was founded by the French, and ceded to the British in 1765.
Guntoor has 5 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1823–1854 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Guntoor handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Frequently asked — Guntoor postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Guntoor?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Guntoor are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Guntoor post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Guntoor was a post office of the Madras Presidency, British India, and this census records 5 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1823 and 1854.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Guntoor?
- 5 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Guntoor 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 Guntoor called today?
- Guntoor is the colonial-era name of present-day Guntur, India. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Guntoor 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 Guntoor 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: Guntoor, Guntur, Guntoor HG 1, Guntoor handstruck stamps, Guntoor pre stamp covers, Guntoor postal history.
How to cite
“Guntoor, Madras Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/madras/guntoor (accessed 10 August 2026).
Updated: 10 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Guntoor?
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