Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Dual markings of 'Kandilla' (കണ്ടില്ലാ.. Not found) & 'Nischedichu' (നിഷേധിച്ചു..Refused).

1919 folded registered letter, wrongly stamped 'refused' instead of 'not found', since they couldn't find the addressee.

കണ്ടില്ലാ.. Not found.

നിഷേധിച്ചു.. Refused.

'Nishedichu'..'നിഷേധിച്ചു' was stroked with red ink once the anchal peon realized the mistake..

or is he coaxed to do the change of postal marking?

Scarcely seen dual usage.

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Receipts given to the sender of Registered articles

Receipts, which was given by the Anchal office to the sender of a registered article, were printed only in the vernacular language of Malayalam.
Different formats of printed receipts issued by the Anchal office, from the pre-adhesive period to 1949 were shown below.

1888 A.D.

Pre-stamp period.

Post-stamp period.

1888

1890
15 നമ്പർ ഫാറും

1897
13 നമ്പർ ഫാറും
രജിസ്റ്റർ ഉറുപടിക്കുള്ള രസിതു

1901
Anchal Department.
Form No. 14 - 125000 - 19-2-76

1907
Form No. 14- 180,000- 16-5-8

1908
Form No. 14- 100000- 13-5-8

1909
Watermark paper.
12 നമ്പർ ഫാറും
Form No 12-100000 copie

1910

Watermark paper.

Anchal Department.

Form No.12-300,000 Copies- 4-3-85

1911
C. Anchal No. 12.
Anchal Department.
Form C. Anchal No. 12-1-0

1921
Different paper.

C. Anchal No. 11

കൂടുതൽ ആ

1924
C. Anchal No. 11
കൂടുതൽ ആ

1933..
C. Anchal No. 11.

Anchal Dept. Form No 104
C.P.P. 359. 10,000Bks 29-4-109

1935
Perforated thru the second line.

1941

C. Anchal No. 11

Anchal Form No. 79.

C.P.P. 663. 7500 bks. 27-12-11.

1941
C. Anchal No. 11.

C.P.P. 253. 10000 bks 5-5-111

1944
C. Anchal No. 11.
നമ്പർ........

1945
C. Anchal No. 11. A.
നമ്പർ

Friday, April 19, 2024

'Postage Due' not charged

Instances where 'POSTAGE DUE' is not charged by the respective post offices of Travancore and British India.

1895 Cash Eight postcard from Nedumangad addressed to the Sub Postmaster of Thucklay, redirected to the Signaller, Govt: Telegraph Office of Quilon..No postage due is charged..at any end, perhaps the post officials having known the recipient, turned a blind eye to the particular card, or must have missed the opportunity to slam a fine, by transferring the card to the British Thucklay post office.

The Anchal office should have sent this to the Thucklay B. I. Sub post office, and incurred a Postage Due, instead of delivering the card at Padmanabhapuram Anchal (nearest office, as Anchal does not have a office at Thucklay).

Where's in the second card..
1893 Cash Eight postcard from Kanjirapally addressed to the Sub Postmaster of Kottayam Post Office is charged with 'POSTAGE DUE'..ONE ANNA

Perhaps a reciprocal agreement (or a mutual understanding between the postmasters) must have reached by 1895, for any Travancore postcard addressed to the Postmaster, British India Post office need not be charged with postage due..

and vice versa from British India to Travancore Post Master.

Following are the examples, where the Anchal staff haven't stamped the postage due, where the address are supposed to be written only on the right hand side of the postcard, as clearly indicated by the dividing line.

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Cancellation franked on the obverse/reverse of envelopes/cards.

An interesting observation....

Scarcely are the circular dated stamps (cds) seen on the obverse of Envelopes and on the reverse of Postcards, in the earlier period of 1888 to 1913.

Delivery cds are to be franked on the reverse of the envelope and in the case of postcards, on the obverse side.

ENVELOPES

POST CARDS

Envelope

Monday, April 15, 2024

Difference seen (ത) in earlier 1888-'89

Distinct variety seen in 'ത' of തി, during the laid paper times of 1888-'89.

This anamoly was first spotted by Mohanachandran Nair, Trivandrum.

Laid paper issues.. but 'ത' difference seen only in the first of the 3 laid paper shown below. Perfected in the 2nd & 3rd stamp.

Friday, April 12, 2024

തി -൧ to തി -൧o൩ T-1 to T-103...town number cancels, mostly on envelopes.

Travancore town (T) markings.

തി -൧ to തി -൧o൩.

T-1 to T-103

Travancore 103 different ('Thi' or 'T') numeral town cancels.. 1888 to 1913...25 years in existence.

Travancore 'T' cancels... early parallel bar/thick grill circular cancels with each numbers inset (in vernacular language - Malayalam) denoting different town post offices.......1888 to 1913 A.D.

Few 'T' numbers were seen with different town names, and few town names were spotted with different 'T' numbers, as they exist in different year zones.

103 post offices with 'T' numbers recorded so far.