Post office · North Western Provinces
GhazeeporePostal Covers & Pre-1854 Postal History
Ghazeepore postal covers and handstruck postal markings of pre-1854 British India, recorded in an open census: 11 Ghazeepore handstamps recorded between 1815 and 1858, North Western Provinces, with 18 Ghazeepore covers traced to them.
- Handstamps
- 11
- Recorded
- 1815–1858
Ghazeepore, situated 25°35' N and 83°36' E on the left bank of the Ganges River, in the United Provinces, 421 miles from Calcutta. Lord Cornwallis died here in 1805. Important trade centre, including opium, as the tract north of the Ganges, until the river was transversed by the railway.
Ghazeepore has 11 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1815–1858 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Ghazeepore handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
| Mark | Type | Colour | Dates | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HG 1 | Handstamp | BlackMagenta | 1815–1832 | Scarce |
| HG 2 | Handstamp | Black | 1824–1826 | Scarce |
| HG 3 | Handstamp | Black | 1826 | Scarce |
| HG 4 | Handstamp | Black | 1829 | Scarce |
| HG 5 | Handstamp | Black | 1831–1839 | Common |
| HG 6 | Handstamp | Black | 1835–1836 | Common |
| HG 7 | Handstamp | Black | 1838 | Common |
| HG 8 | Handstamp | Red | 1839–1841 | Common |
| HG 9 | Handstamp | Red | 1842–1858 | Common |
| HG 10 | Handstamp | Red | 1848 | Common |
| HG 11 | Handstamp | Black | 1857 | Common |
Ghazeepore— postal history & markings
Ghazeepore's eleven handstamps, worked between 1815 and 1858, are notable for their consistency: the early marks — HG 1 through HG 4 — are all scarce, giving the office a uniformly hard-to-find opening rather than the usual mix of rarities and common strikes. Black dominates, with red on three later marks.
The town sat on the Ganges as an important trade centre, opium among its goods, and is remembered as the place where Lord Cornwallis died in 1805. Its postal record is small but rewards the collector who values scarcity over quantity — a run in which even the everyday marks are not easily come by. For United Provinces postal history, a clean Ghazeepore strike from the 1810s or 1820s is a satisfying find.
Frequently asked — Ghazeepore postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Ghazeepore?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Ghazeepore are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Ghazeepore post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Ghazeepore was a post office of the North Western Provinces, British India, and this census records 11 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1815 and 1858.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Ghazeepore?
- 11 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Ghazeepore 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 Ghazeepore called today?
- Ghazeepore is the colonial-era name of present-day Ghazipur, India. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Ghazeepore 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 Ghazeepore 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 Ghazeepore were struck, catalogued and graded for rarity.
Also searched as: Ghazeepore, Ghazipur, Ghazeepore HG 1, Ghazeepore handstruck stamps, Ghazeepore pre stamp covers, Ghazeepore postal history.
How to cite
“Ghazeepore, North Western Provinces — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/n-w-provinces/ghazeepore (accessed 25 September 2026).
Updated: 25 Sept 2026
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