Post office · North Western Provinces
BudaonPostal Covers & Pre-1854 Postal History
Budaon postal covers and handstruck postal markings of pre-1854 British India, recorded in an open census: 2 Budaon handstamps recorded between 1839 and 1847, North Western Provinces, with 2 Budaon covers traced to them.
- Handstamps
- 2
- Recorded
- 1839–1847
- Rare
- 1
Headquarters of Budaon District, United Provinces, on the road from Bareily to Muttra, situated 28°2' N and 79°7' E. Formerly in the hands of the Rohillas, it became the headquarters of a British District in 1838.
Budaon has 2 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1839–1847 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Brown border = community submission, verified by editors
Budaon handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Budaon— postal history & markings
Budaon leaves a single handstamp, the scarce red HG 1 of 1839, from the headquarters of its district on the road from Bareily to Muttra in the United Provinces. The record is minimal — one mark, and a scarce one — which gives the collector a target from a Doab market town otherwise little represented in the census.
Frequently asked — Budaon postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Budaon?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Budaon are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Budaon post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Budaon was a post office of the North Western Provinces, British India, and this census records 2 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1839 and 1847.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Budaon?
- 2 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Budaon in this census, of which 1 is graded rare or better. 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 Budaon called today?
- Budaon is the colonial-era name of present-day Budaun, India. The office also appears in postal history literature and auction catalogues as Badaun. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Budaon 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 Budaon 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 Budaon were struck, catalogued and graded for rarity.
Also searched as: Budaon, Budaun, Badaun, Budaon HG 1, Budaon handstruck stamps, Budaon pre stamp covers, Budaon postal history.
How to cite
“Budaon, North Western Provinces — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/n-w-provinces/budaon (accessed 24 September 2026).
Updated: 24 Sept 2026
An unrecorded mark from Budaon?
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Other post offices in the North Western Provinces
Explore the pre-1854 postal history of other North Western Provinces post offices — each page lists its recorded handstruck markings, dates and surviving covers.