Post office · North Western Provinces
Mundissore
- Handstamps
- 4
- Recorded
- 1844–1855
Mandsaur is a city on the border of the Mewar and Malwa regions of Madhya Pradesh, the administrative headquarters of Mandsaur District.
Mundissore has 4 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1844–1855 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
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Mundissore handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Frequently asked — Mundissore postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Mundissore?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Mundissore are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Mundissore post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Mundissore was a post office of the North Western Provinces, British India, and this census records 4 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1844 and 1855.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Mundissore?
- 4 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Mundissore 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 Mundissore called today?
- Mundissore is the colonial-era name of present-day Mandsaur, India. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Mundissore 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 Mundissore 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: Mundissore, Mandsaur, Mundissore HG 1, Mundissore handstruck stamps, Mundissore pre stamp covers, Mundissore postal history.
How to cite
“Mundissore, North Western Provinces — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/n-w-provinces/mundissore (accessed 10 August 2026).
Updated: 10 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Mundissore?
If you hold a cover or strike from Mundissore 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
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