Post office · Punjab
Umritsur
- Handstamps
- 3
- Recorded
- 1848–1853
Umritsur (Amritsar) is the headquarters of Umritsur District, Punjab, and holy city of the Sikhs, situated 31°38' N and 74°53' E, on the Grand Trunk Road, 33 miles east of Lahore, 1232 miles from Calcutta, 1260 from Bombay, and 816 from Karachi.
Umritsur has 3 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1848–1853 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Umritsur handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Frequently asked — Umritsur postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Umritsur?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Umritsur are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Umritsur post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Umritsur was a post office of the Punjab, British India, and this census records 3 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1848 and 1853.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Umritsur?
- 3 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Umritsur 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 Umritsur called today?
- Umritsur is the colonial-era name of present-day Amritsar, India. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify an Umritsur 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 Umritsur 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: Umritsur, Amritsar, Umritsur HG 1, Umritsur handstruck stamps, Umritsur pre stamp covers, Umritsur postal history.
How to cite
“Umritsur, Punjab — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/punjab/umritsur (accessed 10 August 2026).
Updated: 10 Aug 2026
An unrecorded mark from Umritsur?
If you hold a cover or strike from Umritsur 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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