Wrapper.. 'SIX.CASH' surcharged (in violet) on Chuckram Half.

Dot after SIX of SIX CASH. 

Instead of SIX CASH, there appears to be a dot between SIX & CASH. 

Super rare in the Travancore wrapper section.

Stamp size..20x25mm.

17 mm.. Indent from side.

88 mm from top to stamp.

Wrapper complete..299 x 130 mm.

Part watermark of BENGAL PAPER MILLS.....'BE' ...seen on the obverse side.

Newspaper Wrappers also known as Bookpost wrapper/ Packet wrapper are used mainly to send periodicals, news paper, magazines, pamphlets etc.

Travancore wrappers were introduced in September 1896, shortly after wrappers came into existence in British India (15 April,1895).

Travancore wrappers lasted hardly a decade (1896 to 1905).

 1896..Half Chuckram (8 Cash) green wrappers were used up to 1900.

1900..'SIX CASH' surcharged with violet handstamp on Half Chuckram (8 cash) which lasted up to a few months.

1900.. Cash Six wrapper lasted upto 1905, which eventually was phased out by the introduction of Six Cash stamp in 1904, which also can be used for bookpost.

Travancore wrapper watermark.....with & without watermark. 

 "Bengal Paper Mills -Co Ltd".

Travancore Registered Envelopes, where 'CHUKRAMS' is printed instead of 'CHUCKRAMS'.

 Interesting to note that these are the only 2 envelopes of Travancore where 'CHUKRAMS' is printed instead of 'CHUCKRAMS'. 

'CHUKRAMS'... Second 'C" is missing, which has deviated  from the normally printed 'CHUCKRAMS', in all other envelopes.

Not recorded before. 

Registered printed envelope with '3 Chs 10 Ca' (in red)  surcharged on THREE & A HALF CHUKRAMS', a provisional issue. Additional adhesive stamps of ' 2 C' on 10 Cash affixed.
1932 June 15...Trivandrum 
June 17...Ernakulam.
Registration fee: 3 Ch.
Postage fee: 12 Cash 
Weight: 1/4 Tola 

Up to 1 tola is 3/4 ch (12 cash) in 1932.

Mint Registered envelope..THREE & A HALF CHUKRAMS'.  

 

Embossing on cover(under the flap).. TRAV:ANCHEL

Manuscript notations... Deceased, Not Known, Left the State, Redirected

Some interesting English notations in writings (mostly in red ink) by the Anchal runner/master, indicating the reasons for the return of the mail to its sender. Here are few examples of mails turned back to its sender, with reasons written in manuscript.

Addressee died.. Witness 

Deceased.. To Sender

Addressee deceased

മേവി മരിച്ചു പോയി (addressee died)

Not Known Returned to Sender.

Not Known 

Returned 28-1-37...Addressee gone to Br.India not returning for another month 

Left the State hence returned.

Redirected

Redirected to Sender as per endorse.

Refused

Dual markings of 'Kandilla' (കണ്ടില്ലാ.. Not found) & 'Nischedichu' (നിഷേധിച്ചു..Refused).

1919 folded registered letter, wrongly stamped 'refused' instead of 'not found', since they couldn't find the addressee.

കണ്ടില്ലാ.. Not found.

നിഷേധിച്ചു.. Refused.

'Nishedichu'..'നിഷേധിച്ചു' was stroked with red ink  once the anchal peon realized the mistake..

Scarcely seen dual usage. 

 

Receipts given to the sender of Registered articles

 Receipts, which was given by the Anchal office to the sender of a registered article, were printed only in the vernacular language of Malayalam.
Different formats of printed receipts issued by the Anchal office, from the pre-adhesive period to 1949 were shown below.... arranged in a random manner...

'Postage Due' not charged

Instances where 'POSTAGE DUE'  is not charged by the respective post offices of Travancore and British India. 


 
1895 Cash Eight postcard from Nedumangad addressed to the Sub Postmaster of Thucklay, redirected to the Signaller, Govt: Telegraph Office of Quilon..No postage due is charged..at any end, perhaps the post officials having known the recipient,  turned a blind eye to the particular card, or must have missed the opportunity to slam a fine, by transferring the card to the British Thucklay post office.   

The Anchal office should  have sent this to the Thucklay B. I. Sub post office, and incurred a Postage Due, instead of delivering the card at Padmanabhapuram Anchal  (nearest office, as Anchal does not have a office at Thucklay). 

Where's in the second card.. 
1893 Cash Eight postcard from Kanjirapally addressed to the Sub Postmaster of Kottayam Post Office is charged with 'POSTAGE DUE'..ONE ANNA

Perhaps a reciprocal  agreement (or a mutual understanding between the postmasters) must have reached by 1895, for any Travancore postcard addressed to the Postmaster, British India Post office need not be charged with postage due..

 and vice versa from British India to Travancore Post Master. 

Following are the examples,  where the Anchal staff haven't stamped the postage due,  where the address are supposed to be written on the right hand side of the postcard,  as clearly indicated by the dividing line. 

   

Cancellation franked on the obverse/reverse of envelopes/cards.

An interesting observation.... 

Scarcely are the circular dated stamps (cds) seen on the obverse of Envelopes and on the reverse of Postcards, in the earlier period of 1888 to 1913.

 Delivery cds are to be franked on the reverse of the envelope and in the case of postcards, on the obverse side. 

ENVELOPES

 

POST CARDS 

Envelope