Post office · North Western Provinces
Nuseerabad
- Handstamps
- 4
- Recorded
- 1838–1851
- Rare
- 1
Nuseerabad, a town and cantonment in Ajmere-Merwara, Rajputana, is situated 26°18' N and 74°43' E, on a bleak plain, sloping eastwards from the Aravalli Hills. The Military Station was laid out by Sir David Octolony, and is over a mile long, and has upon its outskirts the native town. Two Bengal Infantry regiments and a native battery mutinied here on 28th May, 1857, but the Bombay cavalry regiment protected the British residents and remained loyal throughout.
Nuseerabad has 4 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1838–1851 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
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Nuseerabad handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Frequently asked — Nuseerabad postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Nuseerabad?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Nuseerabad are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Nuseerabad post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Nuseerabad was a post office of the North Western Provinces, British India, and this census records 4 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1838 and 1851.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Nuseerabad?
- 4 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Nuseerabad 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 Nuseerabad 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 Nuseerabad 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.
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How to cite
“Nuseerabad, North Western Provinces — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/n-w-provinces/nuseerabad (accessed 10 August 2026).
Updated: 10 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Nuseerabad?
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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.