Post office · Madras Presidency
TrepassorePostal Covers & Pre-1854 Postal History
Trepassore postal covers and handstruck postal markings of pre-1854 British India, recorded in an open census: 2 Trepassore handstamps recorded between 1834 and 1856, Madras Presidency, with 1 Trepassore cover traced to them.
- Handstamps
- 2
- Recorded
- 1834–1856
Trepassore is in Chingleput District, Madras Presidency, 31 miles from Madras.
Trepassore has 2 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1834–1856 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Trepassore handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Trepassore— postal history & markings
Trepassore's two handstamps, from a town in the Chingleput District thirty-one miles from Madras, are the scarce HG 1 of 1834 and the common red HG 2 of 1854. The record is small, but the scarce opener gives the collector a target — a compact office in the country around the presidency capital, anchored by its harder-to-find early strike.
Frequently asked — Trepassore postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Trepassore?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Trepassore are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Trepassore post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Trepassore was a post office of the Madras Presidency, British India, and this census records 2 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1834 and 1856.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Trepassore?
- 2 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Trepassore 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 Trepassore 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 Trepassore 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 Trepassore were struck, catalogued and graded for rarity.
Also searched as: Trepassore, Tripassore, Trepassore HG 1, Trepassore handstruck stamps, Trepassore pre stamp covers, Trepassore postal history.
How to cite
“Trepassore, Madras Presidency — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/madras/trepassore (accessed 24 September 2026).
Updated: 24 Sept 2026
An unrecorded mark from Trepassore?
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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.