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ShikarporePostal Covers & Pre-1854 Postal History
Shikarpore postal covers and handstruck postal markings of pre-1854 British India, recorded in an open census: 5 Shikarpore handstamps recorded between 1848 and 1857, Sindh, with 2 Shikarpore covers traced to them.
- Handstamps
- 5
- Recorded
- 1848–1857
Shikarpore, in Sheemooga District, Mysore is 33 miles north-west of Sheemo o ga, situated 14°16' N and 75°21' E. It was a hunting town in Tipu Sultan's day, and then a thriving cloth trading centre.
Shikarpore has 5 pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings dated 1848–1857 recorded in this census. Each figure links to its covers, rarity and provenance.
Shikarpore handstamp summary
All recorded markings at a glance — click any row for full details and covers.
Shikarpore— postal history & markings
Shikarpore's five handstamps, from 1848 to 1857, are struck entirely in red — an unusually consistent run, worked in a single ink across its decade of use. All are in common use. A Sind office of the years after the province came under British control, its post reflects the ordinary working correspondence of the region. There is no great rarity here; the interest lies in that uniform red palette across the whole record. For the collector of Sind, Shikarpore is a compact and cleanly consistent run — a small office whose every recorded mark shares the same colour, from the first years of organised posting in the province.
Frequently asked — Shikarpore postal history
- What are the pre stamp covers of Shikarpore?
- Pre stamp (pre philatelic) covers of Shikarpore are folded letters and envelopes that passed through the Shikarpore post office before India's first adhesive stamp of 1854, so postage was shown entirely by hand-struck postal markings and manuscript rates. Shikarpore was a post office of the Sindh, British India, and this census records 5 distinct postal markings used there, dated between 1848 and 1857.
- How many handstamps are recorded for Shikarpore?
- 5 hand-struck postal markings are recorded for Shikarpore 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 Shikarpore called today?
- Shikarpore is the colonial-era name of present-day Shikarpur, India. Covers and postmarks are catalogued here under the historical name used on the marks themselves.
- How do I identify a Shikarpore 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 Shikarpore 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 Shikarpore were struck, catalogued and graded for rarity.
Also searched as: Shikarpore, Shikarpur, Shikarpore HG 1, Shikarpore handstruck stamps, Shikarpore pre stamp covers, Shikarpore postal history.
How to cite
“Shikarpore, Sindh — pre-1854 handstruck stamps & covers,” Hand Struck Stamps, https://handstruckstampsindia.com/sindh/shikarpore (accessed 24 September 2026).
Updated: 24 Sept 2026
An unrecorded mark from Shikarpore?
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