Post office · Madras Presidency
IngeramPostal Covers & Pre-1854 Postal History
Ingeram postal covers and handstruck postal markings of pre-1854 British India, recorded in an open census: 5 Ingeram handstamps recorded between 1823 and 1855, Madras Presidency, with 6 Ingeram covers traced to them.
- Handstamps
- 5
- Recorded
- 1823–1855
Ingeram, a small village in Godavari District, Madras Presidency, situated 16°44' N and 82°11' E, 5 miles south of Coringa on the Ingeram canal. A factory was established by the E. I. Company in 1708 and became famous for its fine cloths. Captured by the French in 1757, but recovered in 1759, and remained a mercantile station until 1829, and suffered a severe cyclone in 1839.
Ingeram has 5 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1823–1855 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
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Ingeram handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Ingeram— postal history & markings
Ingeram was only a small village in the Godavari District, five miles south of Coringa, where the East India Company had established a factory — and its five handstamps, from 1823 to 1853, reflect that modest scale. Worked mainly in black, the marks are all in common use, a straightforward run with no great rarity. Yet the office's very smallness is its interest: the post of a Company factory village, sending its correspondence out along the Ingeram canal. For the collector of the Madras Presidency, it fills a rarely-seen corner of the map — the working record of a minor coastal settlement.
Frequently asked — Ingeram postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Ingeram?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Ingeram are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Ingeram post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Ingeram was a post office of the Madras Presidency, British India, and this census records 5 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1823 and 1855.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Ingeram?
- 5 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Ingeram 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 an Ingeram 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 Ingeram 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 Ingeram were struck, catalogued and graded for rarity.
Also searched as: Ingeram, Injaram, Ingeram HG 1, Ingeram handstruck stamps, Ingeram pre stamp covers, Ingeram postal history.
How to cite
“Ingeram, Madras Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/madras/ingeram (accessed 24 September 2026).
Updated: 24 Sept 2026
An unrecorded mark from Ingeram?
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Other post offices in the Madras Presidency
Explore the pre-1854 postal history of other Madras Presidency post offices — each page lists its recorded handstruck markings, dates and surviving covers.