Post office · North Western Provinces
Jeypore
- Handstamps
- 2
- Recorded
- 1845–1852
Jeypore (Jaipur) is the capital and largest city of Rajasthan, in north-western India, founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II.
Jeypore has 2 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1845–1852 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Jeypore handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Frequently asked — Jeypore postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Jeypore?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Jeypore are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Jeypore post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Jeypore was a post office of the North Western Provinces, British India, and this census records 2 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1845 and 1852.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Jeypore?
- 2 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Jeypore 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 Jeypore called today?
- Jeypore is the colonial-era name of present-day Jaipur, India. The office also appears in postal history literature and auction catalogues as Jeypur. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Jeypore 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 Jeypore 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: Jeypore, Jaipur, Jeypur, Jeypore HG 1, Jeypore handstruck stamps, Jeypore pre stamp covers, Jeypore postal history.
How to cite
“Jeypore, North Western Provinces — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/n-w-provinces/jeypore (accessed 10 August 2026).
Updated: 10 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Jeypore?
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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.