Travancore Anchal Savings Bank Pass Book

 Travancore Anchal Savings Bank pass book.. Postal Savings Bank accounts were introduced in the year 1930.

 A pass book is given free of charge at the time, when the depositor opens an account for deposit (2.5% per annum), and incase if it is lost or spoiled, will have to pay half a Rupee, for a fresh book. After each deposit/withdrawal is entered in the pass book, the entry is signed and handstamped by the Anchal Master.

    

1930..an acknowledgment letter sheet from Anchal Superintendent's office at Trivandrum to a depositor at Padmanabhapuram.

An acknowledgment sheet, in which the deposit balance is shown, will be sent periodically to the depositor from the Anchal Superintendent's office at Trivandrum, to counter check with the depositor's passbook balance. The depositor should acknowledge that the remittance balance shown in the pass book is same with the Suptd's office, and if there is any correction, omission or discrepancy, must communicate directly with the Superintendent office.

2 Different press (Government Press & C.P. P*) were used for printing Savings Bank passbooks in the year 1943.

* C.P.P. (Central Prison Press)

Unrecorded, so far.  

Normally these pass books were printed by the Superintendent, at the Government Press, Trivandrum. 

Printing shifted out to Central Prison Press (Chief Foreman) for the year 1943/'44...ME 1117 from 6/12/1117 to 25/09/1118...for a period of 9 months, and then shifted back to Government Press. 

1) PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, Government Press.

2) PRINTED BY THE CHIEF FOREMAN, C.P. Press.

Anchal Savings Bank pass book printed @ C.P.P. are very scarce.

First printed quantity @ Central Prison (C.P.) Press in the year 1943 was 12000 & then 6000 pass books.

Printed quantity is 12000 books... 6-12-117

Printed quantity....6000 books..25-9-118.

UDAYAMPEROOR ANCHAL POST OFFICE ...please note the rectangular box cancel of Udayamperoor Malayalam.

Printed by the Superintendent of Government Press. 

Books printed quantity.. 25000. 11-12-118.

So in the year 1118 (1943), 2 different printing press (Govt press and C. P. Press) were put to use.