1882 a.d....Official purpose (Sarkar Karyam) Registered Letter Acknowledgement Receipt (to be returned)....ഉറപ്പ് കത്തു രസീത് (തിരിയെ അയക്കേണ്ടതു)
1882 a.d....pre-adhesive period official Letter Acknowledgement Receipt (for registered..ഉറപ്പു കത്ത് ), posted late (scroll cancel... Nitepoke), from Ambalapuzha (Travancore) via North Paravur (Thekken Paravur....transit point of Travancore) , addressed to the Cochin Dewan, with the Ernakulam conch black round seal....'എറണാകുളത്തു അ.....' probably അപ്പിസ്സ് or അഞ്ചൽ.
Reverse side...Posted late with scroll type 'Nithepoke' in vernacular language) from Ambalapuzha (1058 Dhanu 4....18 December, 1882) to Ernakulam (Dhanu 6...20 December) via transit station of Thekken(North) Paravur (1058 Dhanu 5....19 December, 1882).
10 years before the launch of adhesive stamps & covers in Cochin &
6 years prior to the release of adhesive stamps & envelopes in Travancore.
Pre adhesive stamp period..1882 (1058).
Unrecorded...used for Official purpose.
Scarce & Rare..only one reported, so far..
One more type with different paper exists in the pre-stamp period.
Reverse side of the receipt.
Posted late (reverse side.. scroll type 'Nithepoke' in vernacular language) from Ambalapuzha (1058 Dhanu 4....18 December, 1882) to Ernakulam via transit station of Thekken(North) Paravur (1058 Dhanu 5....19 December, 1882)
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