Post office · North Western Provinces
Rewary
- Handstamps
- 2
- Recorded
- 1846–1849
- Rare
- 2
Rewari is a city and a municipal council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the district headquarters of Rewari district. It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km from Delhi and 51 km from Gurgaon. It lies in Ahirwal region. During the Mahabharata period in ancient India, a king named Rewat had a daughter named Rewati. The father used to call her Rewa, and founded a village "Rewa Wadi" named after her. Wadi and wada mean a neighbourhood (small and big, respectively) in Hindi and many other Indian languages. When Rewa married Balram, elder brother of Krishna, the king donated the village "Rewa-Wadi" to his daughter. In the course of time, the name Rewa-Wadi became Rewari.
Rewary has 2 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1846–1849 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
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Rewary handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Frequently asked — Rewary postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Rewary?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Rewary are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Rewary post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Rewary was a post office of the North Western Provinces, British India, and this census records 2 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1846 and 1849.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Rewary?
- 2 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Rewary in this census, of which 2 are 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.
- What is Rewary called today?
- Rewary is the colonial-era name of present-day Rewari, India. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Rewary 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 Rewary 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: Rewary, Rewari, Rewary HG 1, Rewary handstruck stamps, Rewary pre stamp covers, Rewary postal history.
How to cite
“Rewary, North Western Provinces — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/n-w-provinces/rewary (accessed 19 August 2026).
Updated: 19 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Rewary?
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