In the state of Travancore, four Anchal offices with the name 'Piravagai/Piravaka' attached to the town name were seen used as cancellation, both in Malayalam & English.
1) ALLEPPEY.
2) QUILON.
3) KOTTAYAM.
4) CHANGANACHERRY .
These Piravaka cancellations are used only as despatch markings. It appears that Piravaka offices do not have delivery markings, from the study, so far.
About Piravaka (പ്രവക/പിറവക), debate is still going on...
whether Piravaka Anchal office is located near a market place (Angadi.. (അങ്ങാടി) / Peedika..(പീടിക).
or is it in the vicinity of Judicial/Government offices?
In all probability, Piravaka means a post office near the court of judiciary in an urban or in a provincial/rural area (Mofussil Anchal office).
Alleppey (T-32), Quilon (T-25) & Kottayam (T-18) Piravakas exists from the initial 'Thi' obliteration period... followed by Changanacherry during the latter stages.
Varieties in cancellations seen in each Town Piravaka's..(shown below), is an interesting study.
Further more Piravakas might exist..
1) ALLEPPEY PIRAVAGAI.
4 varieties are found.
ആലപ്പുഴപിറവക
ആലപ്പുഴെപ്രവക
ആലപ്പുഴപിറവക('ക' comes under 'വ'
ALLEPPEY PIRAVAGAI
2) QUILON PIRAVAKA
3 varieties are found.
കൊല്ലംപിറവക
കൊല്ലംപിറവക ('ക' comes under 'വ'
QUILON PIRAVAKA
3) KOTTAYAM PIRAVAKA
2 varieties are found.
കോട്ടയംപിറവക ('ക' comes under 'വ'
KOTTAYAM PIRAVAKA
4) CHANGANACHERRY PIRAVAGAI
