Post office · Madras Presidency
Honawur
- Handstamps
- 1
- Recorded
- 1837
Honnavar is a coastal town in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, on the Arabian Sea.
Honawur has 1 pre-1854 hand-struck postal marking from 1837 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Honawur handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
| Mark | Type | Colour | Dates | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HG 1 | Handstamp | Red | 1837 | Common |
Frequently asked — Honawur postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Honawur?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Honawur are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Honawur post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Honawur was a post office of the Madras Presidency, British India, and this census records 1 distinct postal marking used there, dated around 1837.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Honawur?
- 1 hand-struck postal marking is recorded for Honawur 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 Honawur called today?
- Honawur is the colonial-era name of present-day Honnavar, India. The office also appears in postal history literature and auction catalogues as Honavar. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Honawur 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 Honawur 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: Honawur, Honnavar, Honavar, Honawur HG 1, Honawur handstruck stamps, Honawur pre stamp covers, Honawur postal history.
How to cite
“Honawur, Madras Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/madras/honawur (accessed 10 August 2026).
Updated: 10 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Honawur?
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