Friday, November 27, 2020

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.





Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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










Sunday, November 22, 2020

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.



 

Saturday, November 14, 2020

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)




 

Service 6 Cash & 8 Cash post cards.

  Year of issue for Service 6 Cash...1942 Year of issue for Service 8 Cash...1948 Looking for precise dates of the issue of the above cards