Friday, July 8, 2022

Volkart Bros: addressed interstate wrappers, cards & covers from Alleppey (Travancore) to Cochin

Volkart Brothers, a Swiss trading company (1851), which had its branch in Cochin (1859), exported spices, tea, cotton, coffee, cocoa, cotton etc,etc, & imported paper, watches, textiles, and other industrial machinery/goods).

7 different Travancore wrapper/card/covers addressed to 'VOLKART Bros', Cochin, from Alleppey.


1) 1897 Travancore 1/2 Chuckram Wrapper from Alleppey..തി -31) to Cochin.


2) 1897 Travancore Cash Eight perforated reply post card from Alleppey to Cochin.




3) 1897 Travancore Chuckram Three envelope from Alleppey (തി 31) to Cochin.


4) 1913 Travancore Half Chuckram  envelope from Alleppey  to Cochin.



5) 1914 Travancore 6 Cash stamp on cover (underpaid by 2 cash.. hence കൂലി..cancel) from Alleppey to Cochin (പിരിയണ്ടാകുല്ലി.. മുന്നു പൈ...3 pies due).




6) 1914 Travancore...Chuckram 1 stamp on cover (overpaid by 8 cash.. hence the blue manusript...'8 കാശിന്റെ സ്റ്റാമ്പ്‌ കൂടുതൽ ഒട്ടി കാണുന്നു'...8 cash excess stamps affixed) from Alleppey to Cochin.






7) 1914 Travancore...Chuckram 2 stamp on cover (overpaid by 1 Chuckram 8 cash.. hence the blue manusript...' 1 1/2 ചക്കറം സ്റ്റാമ്പ്‌ കൂടുതൽ ഒട്ടി കാണുന്നു'...1 1/2 chuckram excess stamps affixed) from Alleppey to Cochin.


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