Post office · North Western Provinces
ShahjahanporePostal Covers & Pre-1854 Postal History
Shahjahanpore postal covers and handstruck postal markings of pre-1854 British India, recorded in an open census: 3 Shahjahanpore handstamps recorded between 1846 and 1854, North Western Provinces, with 3 Shahjahanpore covers traced to them.
- Handstamps
- 3
- Recorded
- 1846–1854
- Rare
- 1
Shahjahanpur is a town and district headquarters in western Uttar Pradesh, located between Bareilly and Lucknow.
Shahjahanpore has 3 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1846–1854 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
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Shahjahanpore handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Shahjahanpore— postal history & markings
Shahjahanpore's three handstamps, from 1846 to 1854, are worked in red and black. HG 2 is scarce and HG 3 of 1854 is rare, with the common HG 1 opening the run. A district town in western United Provinces, set between Bareilly and Lucknow, the office served a busy administrative centre. The record is small but weighted toward its later scarcities. For the collector, the rare HG 3 and scarce HG 2 are the marks to seek — giving a compact office genuine targets among an otherwise ordinary run.
Frequently asked — Shahjahanpore postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Shahjahanpore?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Shahjahanpore are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Shahjahanpore post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Shahjahanpore was a post office of the North Western Provinces, British India, and this census records 3 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1846 and 1854.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Shahjahanpore?
- 3 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Shahjahanpore 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.
- What is Shahjahanpore called today?
- Shahjahanpore is the colonial-era name of present-day Shahjahanpur, India. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Shahjahanpore 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 Shahjahanpore 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.
For background on the material itself, see the guides to the handstruck stamps of India, the pre covers of India and the pre stamp covers of India, which explain how marks like those recorded at Shahjahanpore were struck, catalogued and graded for rarity.
Also searched as: Shahjahanpore, Shahjahanpur, Shahjahanpore HG 1, Shahjahanpore handstruck stamps, Shahjahanpore pre stamp covers, Shahjahanpore postal history.
How to cite
“Shahjahanpore, North Western Provinces — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/n-w-provinces/shahjahanpore (accessed 24 September 2026).
Updated: 24 Sept 2026
An unrecorded mark from Shahjahanpore?
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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.