Post office · North Western Provinces
Governor General's HeadquartersPostal Covers & Pre-1854 Postal History
Governor General's Headquarters postal covers and handstruck postal markings of pre-1854 British India, recorded in an open census: 1 Governor General's Headquarters handstamp recorded in 1832, North Western Provinces, with 2 Governor General's Headquarters covers traced to them.
- Handstamps
- 1
- Recorded
- 1832
- Rare
- 1
The Governor-General's Headquarters post office travelled with the Governor-General of India and his camp on tour, serving the official party rather than a fixed town.
Governor General's Headquarters has 1 pre-1854 hand-struck postal marking from 1832 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Governor General's Headquarters handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
| Mark | Type | Colour | Dates | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HG 1 | Handstamp | Black | 1832 | Rare |
Governor General's Headquarters— postal history & markings
This most unusual of offices had no fixed home at all: the Governor-General's Headquarters post office travelled with the Governor-General of India and his camp on their movements about the country. It leaves a single rare handstamp, HG 1 of 1832. A mobile office attending the highest authority in British India, its solitary rare strike is among the more remarkable entries in the whole census.
Frequently asked — Governor General's Headquarters postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Governor General's Headquarters?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Governor General's Headquarters are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Governor General's Headquarters post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Governor General's Headquarters was a post office of the North Western Provinces, British India, and this census records 1 distinct postal marking used there, dated around 1832.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Governor General's Headquarters?
- 1 hand-struck postal marking is recorded for Governor General's Headquarters 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.
- How do I identify a Governor General's Headquarters 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 Governor General's Headquarters 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 Governor General's Headquarters were struck, catalogued and graded for rarity.
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How to cite
“Governor General's Headquarters, North Western Provinces — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/n-w-provinces/governor-generals-headquarters (accessed 24 September 2026).
Updated: 24 Sept 2026
An unrecorded mark from Governor General's Headquarters?
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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.