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Hand Struck Stamps

Handstamp designation

HG 3

The HG 3 handstamp is recorded in 192 pre-1854 post offices of India. Each office struck its own HG 3 mark — compare them below by presidency, colour and recorded dates. Designations follow the Giles catalogue numbering.

Bengal Presidency35 offices

Handstruck stamp of India — Arrah HG 3 handstamp1ArrahBengalBlack1834–18351 example recordedHandstruck stamp of India — Balasore HG 3 handstampBalasoreBengalRed1838CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Barrackpore HG 3 handstamp4BarrackporeBengalBlack1831–18324 examples recordedHandstruck stamp of India — Bauleah HG 3 handstamp2BauleahBengalRed1850ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Berhampore HG 3 handstamp10BerhamporeBengalBlack1807–1836CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Bhauglepoor HG 3 handstamp3BhauglepoorBengalBlack1817–1822ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Burdwan HG 3 handstampBurdwanBengalRed1848CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Buxar HG 3 handstamp1BuxarBengalBlack1847CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Calcutta HG 3 handstamp9CalcuttaBengalBlack1776–1789RareHandstruck stamp of India — Chittagong HG 3 handstamp6ChittagongBengalBlack1815–1837CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Chupra HG 3 handstampChupraBengalBlack1836CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Commercolly HG 3 handstampCommercollyBengalRed1842CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Cuttack HG 3 handstamp1CuttackBengalBlack1832–1855CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Dacca HG 3 handstamp4DaccaBengalBlack1806–18204 examples recordedHandstruck stamp of India — Diamond Harbour HG 3 handstamp1Diamond HarbourBengalBlack1844–1847CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Dinapore HG 3 handstamp1DinaporeBengalBlack1836RareHandstruck stamp of India — DumDum HG 3 handstamp4DumDumBengalBlack1843–1847ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Ferreedpore HG 3 handstampFerreedporeBengalRed1838CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Goalparah HG 3 handstampGoalparahBengalBlack1839–1840CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Gowahaty HG 3 handstamp7GowahatyBengalRed1839–1854ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Gowalpara HG 3 handstampGowalparaBengalBlack1839–1840CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Gya HG 3 handstamp1GyaBengalBlack18361 example recordedHandstruck stamp of India — Houghly HG 3 handstampHoughlyBengalRed1839–1855CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Kedgeree HG 3 handstamp10KedgereeBengalBlack1828–1833CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Midnapore HG 3 handstamp3MidnaporeBengalBlack1821–1840CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Moongyr HG 3 handstamp1MoongyrBengalBlack18361 example recordedHandstruck stamp of India — Moorshedabad HG 3 handstampMoorshedabadBengalBlack1831Very scarceHandstruck stamp of India — Nuddeah HG 3 handstampNuddeahBengalBlack1838CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Patna HG 3 handstampPatnaBengalBlack1797RareHandstruck stamp of India — Pooree HG 3 handstamp1PooreeBengalBlack1846RareHandstruck stamp of India — Poorneea HG 3 handstamp1PoorneeaBengalRed1853RareHandstruck stamp of India — Rajemahal HG 3 handstamp3RajemahalBengalMauve1839–1848CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Rungpore HG 3 handstamp1RungporeBengalBlack1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Tipperah HG 3 handstamp5TipperahBengalBlack1825–1837CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Tirhoot HG 3 handstampTirhootBengalBlack1839–1854Common

North Western Provinces42 offices

Handstruck stamp of India — Agra HG 3 handstamp1AgraN.W. ProvincesBlack1835ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Ajmere HG 3 handstampAjmereN.W. ProvincesRed1851–1852CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Allahabad HG 3 handstamp1AllahabadN.W. ProvincesBlack1835–1836ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Allyghur HG 3 handstamp1AllyghurN.W. ProvincesBlack1836ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Almora HG 3 handstampAlmoraN.W. ProvincesRed1847CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Azimgurh HG 3 handstampAzimgurhN.W. ProvincesBlack1824–18251 example recordedHandstruck stamp of India — Banda HG 3 handstampBandaN.W. ProvincesRed1843–1844CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Barelly HG 3 handstamp4BarellyN.W. ProvincesPurple1838–1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Benares HG 3 handstamp19BenaresN.W. ProvincesBlack1824–1836CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Bhopal HG 3 handstampBhopalN.W. ProvincesMagenta1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Bhurtpore HG 3 handstampBhurtporeN.W. ProvincesRed1852CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Cawnpore HG 3 handstampCawnporeN.W. ProvincesBlack1818CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Chunar HG 3 handstampChunarN.W. ProvincesRed1845–1847CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Delhi HG 3 handstamp8DelhiN.W. ProvincesRed1838–1845CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Futtyghur HG 3 handstamp1FuttyghurN.W. ProvincesBlack1843–1850CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Futtypore HG 3 handstampFuttyporeN.W. ProvincesRed1859CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Ghazeepore HG 3 handstampGhazeeporeN.W. ProvincesBlack1826ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Goruckpoor HG 3 handstampGoruckpoorN.W. ProvincesRed1852–1853CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Gwalior HG 3 handstamp1GwaliorN.W. ProvincesBlack1833–1844Very scarceHandstruck stamp of India — Hansi HG 3 handstamp3HansiN.W. ProvincesBlack1850–1851ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Indore HG 3 handstampIndoreN.W. ProvincesRed1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Jansi HG 3 handstamp1JansiN.W. ProvincesBlack1842CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Jubbulpore HG 3 handstamp2JubbulporeN.W. ProvincesRed1838–1848CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Kamptee HG 3 handstamp3KampteeN.W. ProvincesRed1837–1849CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Kotah HG 3 handstampKotahN.W. ProvincesBlack1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Kurnaul (NWP) HG 3 handstamp5Kurnaul (NWP)N.W. ProvincesRed1837–1846CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Landour HG 3 handstamp2LandourN.W. ProvincesRed1838–1852CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Lucknow HG 3 handstamp1LucknowN.W. ProvincesBlack18331 example recordedHandstruck stamp of India — Merut HG 3 handstamp17MerutN.W. ProvincesBlack1831–1837CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Mirzapore HG 3 handstampMirzaporeN.W. ProvincesBlack1826CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Moradabad HG 3 handstampMoradabadN.W. ProvincesBlack1837CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Mundissore HG 3 handstamp3MundissoreN.W. ProvincesRed1854–1855CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Muttra HG 3 handstamp1MuttraN.W. ProvincesBlack1832CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Mynpooree HG 3 handstamp3MynpooreeN.W. ProvincesBlack1839–1849CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Neemuch HG 3 handstampNeemuchN.W. ProvincesRed1848CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Nuseerabad HG 3 handstampNuseerabadN.W. ProvincesRed1850CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Nynee Tal HG 3 handstamp1Nynee TalN.W. Provinces1850ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Rajputana HG 3 handstamp3RajputanaN.W. ProvincesBlack1830–1835CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Rewah HG 3 handstamp6RewahN.W. ProvincesRed1844–1852CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Saharunpore HG 3 handstamp4SaharunporeN.W. ProvincesBlack1842–1849CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Shahjahanpore HG 3 handstamp1ShahjahanporeN.W. ProvincesBlack1854RareHandstruck stamp of India — Sultanpore HG 3 handstampSultanporeN.W. ProvincesPurple1843Common

Punjab19 offices

Handstruck stamp of India — Derah HG 3 handstamp1DerahPunjabBlack1845–1848CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Ferozepore HG 3 handstampFerozeporePunjabBlack1842ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Gujranwala HG 3 handstamp2GujranwalaPunjabBlack1852CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Hooshiapoor HG 3 handstampHooshiapoorPunjabRed1848CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Jhelum HG 3 handstamp1JhelumPunjabBlack1850CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Jullunder HG 3 handstampJullunderPunjabRed1853CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Kangra HG 3 handstampKangraPunjabBlack1852–1857CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Kussowlee HG 3 handstamp1KussowleePunjabRed1857CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Lahore HG 3 handstamp1LahorePunjabRed1847–1850CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Lodianah HG 3 handstamp9LodianahPunjabRed1838–1844CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Mooltan HG 3 handstampMooltanPunjabRed1851CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Peshawur HG 3 handstampPeshawurPunjabBlack18492 examples recordedHandstruck stamp of India — Rawalpindee HG 3 handstampRawalpindeePunjabRed1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Sealkote HG 3 handstampSealkotePunjabRed1852–1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Simla HG 3 handstampSimlaPunjabRed1838–1845CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Sobathoo HG 3 handstamp1SobathooPunjabRed1853RareHandstruck stamp of India — Umbalah HG 3 handstampUmbalahPunjabRed1845–1847CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Umritsur HG 3 handstamp1UmritsurPunjabRed1853CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Wuzeerabad HG 3 handstamp2WuzeerabadPunjabBlack1850–1852Common

Bombay Presidency23 offices

Handstruck stamp of India — Ahmedabad HG 3 handstamp2AhmedabadBombayRed1851–1852CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Ahmedabad Cantonment HG 3 handstampAhmedabad CantonmentBombayRed1849–1855CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Ahmednugur HG 3 handstamp4AhmednugurBombayRed1856–1857CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Belgaum HG 3 handstamp12BelgaumBombayRed1839–1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Bhooj HG 3 handstamp1BhoojBombayBlack18401 example recordedHandstruck stamp of India — Bombay HG 3 handstamp1BombayBombayBlack1804–1806ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Broach HG 3 handstamp5BroachBombayRed1851–1857CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Deesa HG 3 handstamp1DeesaBombayRed1854–1858CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Dharwar HG 3 handstamp3DharwarBombayRed1841–1855CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Kirkee HG 3 handstamp2KirkeeBombayRed1840–1848CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Kolapore HG 3 handstamp1KolaporeBombayRed1856–1857ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Mahableshwar HG 3 handstampMahableshwarBombayRed1853CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Mallegaum HG 3 handstampMallegaumBombayBlack1854–1858CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Mhow HG 3 handstamp2MhowBombayRed1837–1852CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Nagpore HG 3 handstamp17NagporeBombayRed1838–1859CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Panwell HG 3 handstamp1PanwellBombayRed1840–1856CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Poona HG 3 handstampPoonaBombayBlack1817ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Rajkote HG 3 handstampRajkoteBombayBlack1851ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Saugor HG 3 handstamp2SaugorBombayBlack1837–1851CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Sehore HG 3 handstamp1SehoreBombayPurple1852CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Sholapoor HG 3 handstampSholapoorBombayRed1837–1846CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Sittara HG 3 handstamp1SittaraBombayBlack1857–1858RareHandstruck stamp of India — Surat HG 3 handstamp11SuratBombayRed1838–1857Common

Sindh5 offices

Handstruck stamp of India — Buckker HG 3 handstampBuckkerSindhRed1844–1845CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Karatchee HG 3 handstamp2KaratcheeSindhRed1846–1848CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Kotree HG 3 handstampKotreeSindhRed1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Shikarpore HG 3 handstampShikarporeSindhRed1854–1857CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Sukkur HG 3 handstampSukkurSindhBlack1851Common

Madras Presidency67 offices

Handstruck stamp of India — Alleppy HG 3 handstamp7AlleppyMadrasRed1851–1857CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Arcot HG 3 handstampArcotMadrasRed1844–1848CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Arnee HG 3 handstampArneeMadrasRed1849CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Aurungabad HG 3 handstamp1AurungabadMadrasRed1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Bangalore HG 3 handstampBangaloreMadrasBlack1823ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Bellary HG 3 handstamp2BellaryMadrasBlack1826–1832ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Berhampore (Madras) HG 3 handstampBerhampore (Madras)MadrasRed1839CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Calicut HG 3 handstamp3CalicutMadrasBlack1840–1852CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Camp HG 3 handstamp1CampMadrasBlack18151 example recordedHandstruck stamp of India — Cannanore HG 3 handstamp6CannanoreMadrasBlack1825–1837CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Chicacole HG 3 handstamp1ChicacoleMadrasBlack18371 example recordedHandstruck stamp of India — Chingleput HG 3 handstamp1ChingleputMadrasRed1852RareHandstruck stamp of India — Chittoor HG 3 handstamp1ChittoorMadrasRed1830–1835CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Cochin HG 3 handstamp2CochinMadrasBlack1847–1859CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Coimbatore HG 3 handstamp4CoimbatoreMadrasRed1854–1856CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Combaconum HG 3 handstamp7CombaconumMadrasRed1845–1858CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Covilputy HG 3 handstamp2CovilputyMadrasRed1845–1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Cuddalore HG 3 handstampCuddaloreMadrasMauve1823Very scarceHandstruck stamp of India — Cuddapah HG 3 handstamp7CuddapahMadrasMagenta1824–1837CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Danoor HG 3 handstamp1DanoorMadrasRed1848RareHandstruck stamp of India — Dindigul HG 3 handstampDindigulMadrasRed1840CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Ellore HG 3 handstamp2ElloreMadrasBlack1837–1851CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Ganjam HG 3 handstampGanjamMadrasRed1840–1853CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Gooty HG 3 handstamp1GootyMadrasRed1839ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Guntoor HG 3 handstamp3GuntoorMadrasRed1845–1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Hurryhur HG 3 handstampHurryhurMadrasRed1845ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Hyderabad HG 3 handstamp11HyderabadMadrasBlack1820–1837ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Ingeram HG 3 handstamp5IngeramMadrasRed1839–1855CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Jalnah HG 3 handstamp5JalnahMadrasRed1838–1848CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Karical HG 3 handstampKaricalMadrasRed1841CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Kotirgherry HG 3 handstamp2KotirgherryMadrasRed1839–1844CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Kurnal (Mad) HG 3 handstamp1Kurnal (Mad)MadrasRed1840–1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Madras HG 3 handstamp34MadrasMadrasBlack1791–1816Very commonHandstruck stamp of India — Madura HG 3 handstampMaduraMadrasBlack1837–1850CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Mangalore HG 3 handstamp10MangaloreMadrasRed1838–1859CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Manuntaddy HG 3 handstamp3ManuntaddyMadrasRed1845–1863CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Masulipatam HG 3 handstamp3MasulipatamMadrasBlack1817–1819RareHandstruck stamp of India — Mercara HG 3 handstamp2MercaraMadrasRed1838–1852Very scarceHandstruck stamp of India — Mount HG 3 handstamp3MountMadrasBlack1822–1833CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Mysore HG 3 handstampMysoreMadrasBlack1826CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Negapatam HG 3 handstamp2NegapatamMadrasRed1828–1836CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Nellore HG 3 handstamp1NelloreMadrasRed1845–1855ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Oossoor HG 3 handstampOossoorMadrasRed1838CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Ootacamund HG 3 handstamp2OotacamundMadrasBlack1836–1838CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Palamcotah HG 3 handstamp1PalamcotahMadrasRed1832–1836CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Palaveram HG 3 handstampPalaveramMadrasBlack1843CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Palghat HG 3 handstamp1PalghatMadrasBlack1857–1860CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Pondicherry HG 3 handstamp5PondicherryMadrasBlack1804–1817RareHandstruck stamp of India — Poonamullee HG 3 handstamp2PoonamulleeMadrasBlack1829–1837CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Quilon HG 3 handstampQuilonMadrasRed1857CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Rajamundry HG 3 handstamp1RajamundryMadrasRed1837–1844CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Ramnad HG 3 handstampRamnadMadrasBlack1839CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Salem HG 3 handstampSalemMadrasBlack1853CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Samulcotah HG 3 handstamp3SamulcotahMadrasBlack1838–1854CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Secunderabad HG 3 handstamp4SecunderabadMadrasRed1838–1853CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Seringapatam HG 3 handstamp11SeringapatamMadrasBlack1801–1815Very scarceHandstruck stamp of India — Sheemooga HG 3 handstamp1SheemoogaMadrasRed18551 example recordedHandstruck stamp of India — Tanjore HG 3 handstamp2TanjoreMadrasRed1830–1834CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Tellicherry HG 3 handstampTellicherryMadrasRed1835CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Tranquebar HG 3 handstampTranquebarMadrasRed1831–1837ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Trichinopoly HG 3 handstampTrichinopolyMadrasBlack1825CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Trivandrum HG 3 handstamp4TrivandrumMadrasRed1846–1859CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Tuticorin HG 3 handstamp1TuticorinMadrasBlack1818ScarceHandstruck stamp of India — Vellore HG 3 handstamp1VelloreMadrasBlack1822–1836CommonHandstruck stamp of India — Vizagapatam HG 3 handstamp5VizagapatamMadrasBlack1816RareHandstruck stamp of India — Vizianagarum HG 3 handstamp1VizianagarumMadrasBlack1837Very scarceHandstruck stamp of India — Wallajahabad HG 3 handstampWallajahabadMadrasRed1822Common
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