Hundi (money order for Rs 110 plus Commission.. Rupee 1 & Cash 1) receipt used in 1910 from Poonjar to Nattakom.
From...'പൂഞ്ഞാർ മുതൽപിടി ഗോവിന്ദച്ചേകവൻ'.
To....'നാട്ടകം കുളങ്ങര വിചാരിപ്പൂ ശുലപ്പണി അയ്യർ'.
Shown here is the earliest Hundi watermarked receipt form printed in Malayalam used from 1901-'02. Not recorded in Dr N S Mooss's book of Travancore.
The Hundi receipt format were presumably changed from 1910 onwards (shown page bottom).
Type 1...1901/02 to 1910
Shortened version, from 1910 onwards, probably to save paper.
Interesting to note that the receipt has changed to bilingual from the vernacular language of Malayalam.
Type 2...1910 onwards bilingual.
Type 3.. 1940 onwards..in English.
a) Elongated type
b)Small size.
For comparison of different type & size..of different time zones.
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