Post office · North Western Provinces
Jansi
- Handstamps
- 3
- Recorded
- 1839–1849
Jhansi is a historic city in Uttar Pradesh, formerly known as Balwant Nagar, renowned for its fort and its role in the 1857 uprising.
Jansi has 3 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1839–1849 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
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Jansi handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Frequently asked — Jansi postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Jansi?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Jansi are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Jansi post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Jansi was a post office of the North Western Provinces, British India, and this census records 3 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1839 and 1849.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Jansi?
- 3 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Jansi 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 Jansi called today?
- Jansi is the colonial-era name of present-day Jhansi, India. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Jansi 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 Jansi 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.
Also searched as: Jansi, Jhansi, Jansi HG 1, Jansi handstruck stamps, Jansi pre stamp covers, Jansi postal history.
How to cite
“Jansi, North Western Provinces — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/n-w-provinces/jansi (accessed 10 August 2026).
Updated: 10 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Jansi?
If you hold a cover or strike from Jansi that does not match any figure above, submit it below. Approved additions appear here as new entries in the census — every submission is reviewed first.
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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.