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.
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