Cochin Hundi 1941,1943 &1944 Interstate GREEN Hundi receipt send forth to Travancore.

Interstate Hundis are scarce & rare.

1941 Cochin interstate faint Green hundi receipt from Maharaja's Palace A.O. (Cochin) on 17 Thulam 1117, via Travancore transit station of Alwaye (19 Thulam) to Puthencruz (Travancore) on 20 Thulam.

Receipt returned from Puthencruz (21 Thulam) to Tripunuthara (22 Thulam).

Hundi marking seen @ Alwaye Anchal office.

1943 Cochin interstate GREEN hundi receipt from Thiruvambadi ( Cochin) to Vaikom (Travancore).
'HUNDI" postmark seen in Vaikam markings.
Relayed down & up thru' Ernakulam & Alwaye (transit stations of each state).

 

1944 Cochin interstate faint Green hundi receipt from Ernakulam A.O. ( Cochin) on 14 Thulam 1120 via Travancore transit station of Alwaye (15 Thulam) to Perumbavur (Travancore) on 16 Thulam.

Receipt returned from Perumbavur to Ernakulam (23 Thulam).

Travancore 1896 Eight Cash card from Pullinkunnu to Mannanam...Manuscript by Anchal Man.

1896 Cash Eight perforated card from Pullinkunnu(in manuscript by Anchal Man..71-6-23. Pulikunnu box) to Manannam.

'71-6-23 പുളിങ്കുന്ന്  പെട്ടി '..(വർഷം -മാസം - ദിവസം).

Interesting unusual card with manuscript in Malayalam mentioning the year, month & day...and Pulinkuunu box...though the circular franking of Pulikunnu is seen faintly along with Mannanam.

 

British India 1900 Victorian Wrapper from Verapoly (Travancore) to Wein, Italy

1900 Half Anna Victorian British India Wrapper from Verapoly (Varapuzha) to Wein, Austria.

 

British Travancore 1935 registered Sirkar (Govt:) letter from Quilon Cutcherry to Tinnaveli. Travelled to D.L.O.

 Registered official letter on a envelope (affixed with economy slip with 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George VI One Anna Mahabalipuram stamp & 2 definitive (4 As & 3 Ps) stamps) from District Court of Quilon signed by the clerk...to Tinnelveli.

Posted from Quilon Cutcherry...9 July 1935

Manuscript by the postman in Tamil seen on the reverse..10/7/35.

 Manuscript...No 5..signed in Tamil...11-7-35

Again on 12-7-35

Not in  No 6 beat..13-7-35

No 7..signed in Tamil ...15-7-35

Not Known..16/7/35

Not Known  17-7-35

Redirected to D.L.O (in red ink).. thrampu H.O.  Palani City

Posted from Tinnelveli on 18 JLY 35 with manuscript...Unclaimed...in red ink.

Palancottah...19 JLY 35  3. -PM (probably D.L.O office)

Returned to Quilon...30 JLY 35.

Hundi Payment Receipts to the Remitter.

These hundi (money order) receipts are handed over to the sender, at the place of origin, once the Hundi form was duly filled and payments 's been done..

Year(M.E.) ..1086,1087,1088,1089,1116 & 1117 & 1122 (1910,1911,1912,1913,1940,1941 & 1946) ...different forms.

The receipts were seen printed in bilingual  (English & Malayalam) in the year..1910 onwards & in English only (1940 onwards)

Perhaps receipts in Malayalam only, might exist along with English from 1940 onwards.

 

Hundi Coupons...acknowledgement coupons

 Money Order (Hundi) acknowledgement coupons, where the sender writes a message to the payee in brief.
This tear off portion, will not bear any postmarks, but the amount to be received by the payee is notified.

Reverse portion of the coupon.

Obverse portion of the coupon where the communication is to be written by the sender/payer of the money order, to the receiver/payee of the payment. 

Travancore acknowledgement receipts

1898 British Travancore registered folded letter from Kolathur to Ernaoculam.

Posted from Kolathur (stamps lost) via Walawanad (Registered)  to Ernoculam & redirected to Mavelikara & Trivandrum...back to Ernoculam and returned to Kolathur via Walawanad. Interesting manuscripts on the obverse too regarding the 'letter not called for & redirected to Mavelimara', by the Anchal Man.

 Scribblings in red by the postmaster of places like Pandalam, Mavelikara, Trivandrum etc seen on the face of the letter.

1903 Travancore FOUR CASH single line header card with double (jumb) print.

1903...from Pulikunnu to Trivandrum, with the single line header inscription jumb printed.

Note the double print around the portrait.. the conch etc.

 

Experimental post..1923... inverted dates in both the despatch and delivery.. along with scroll cancel...Too Late (നിതിപോക )..from Kottayam Piravaka(28 Karkatakam,1098) to Kalluppara ( Experimental)

Experimental post..1923... inverted dates in  both the despatch and delivery.. along with scroll cancel...Too Late (നിതിപോക )..from Kottayam Piravaka(28 Karkatakam,1098) to Kalluppara ( Experimental)

 

132 anniversary of Travancore stamps, cards & covers

 Today Thulam 1, October 16th, 132 years ago was the day that Travancore proudly introduced its first postal adhesive stamps & stationery.

Travancore Refused (നിഷേധിച്ചു) letters with 2 types of refused ( Nischdichu) in Malayalam with sub varieties with error.

TYPE 1 with sub varieties

 TYPE 11 with sub varieties...നിഷേധിച്ചു

Type..1  Variety (k)

Type..Variety(L)..'നിഷേയ്തിച്ചു'

'ത' for 'ധ'.

error on vernacular 'Refused'..seen only from Erattupetta...1927.