Suggest a PPC

Know a post office with a pictorial cancellation that isn’t on our map? Tell us where it is and what it shows. We check every suggestion, then put it on the map with your name.

What happens next

We check the post office, the name and the date, usually within a few days.
It goes on the map with "Added by" and your name, linked to your profile.
We email you when it’s there. If we can’t confirm it, we may write to ask.

Tips

Standing in the post office? "Use my location" puts the pin exactly there.
No location? Type the PIN code from a letter or the post office board and press Find.
A clear photo of the cancellation on a card or cover helps us most. Phone photos are fine.
A new design at a post office that already has a PPC? Suggest it as a new PPC: the old one stays listed.

What do GPO, HO, SO and BO mean?

The letters after a post office’s name are its type in India Post’s network. GPO, HO, SO and BO go from the biggest office to the smallest.

GPO: General Post Office: the main post office of a large city.
HO: Head Post Office: the main office of a postal division; the sub offices around it report to it.
SO: Sub Post Office: a town or neighbourhood post office, under a head office.
BO: Branch Post Office: a small village office under a sub office, often open only a few hours a day.
PB: Philatelic Bureau: the stamp collectors’ counter at a head office.
NA: No longer active: the office is closed or merged with another.