Post office · Madras Presidency
Jackatallah
- Handstamps
- 1
- Recorded
- 1855
Jackatallah (Jakkatal) is a locality in the Madras Presidency. It appears in East India Company postal records, Jagathala is a panchayat town in The Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu..
Jackatallah has 1 pre-1854 hand-struck postal marking from 1855 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Brown border = community submission, verified by editors
Jackatallah 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 | 1855 | — |
Frequently asked — Jackatallah postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Jackatallah?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Jackatallah are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Jackatallah post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Jackatallah was a post office of the Madras Presidency, British India, and this census records 1 distinct postal marking used there, dated around 1855.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Jackatallah?
- 1 hand-struck postal marking is recorded for Jackatallah 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 Jackatallah called today?
- Jackatallah is the colonial-era name of present-day Jagathala, India. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Jackatallah 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 Jackatallah 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: Jackatallah, Jagathala, Jackatallah HG 1, Jackatallah handstruck stamps, Jackatallah pre stamp covers, Jackatallah postal history.
How to cite
“Jackatallah, Madras Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/madras/jackatallah (accessed 10 August 2026).
Updated: 10 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Jackatallah?
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