Travancore mail service carried through Boat / Canoe from Kazhakoottam to Quilon by interconnected canals (T. S. Canal) and lakes (Ashtamudi, Vembabad etc) to Paravur, and then to Urakom (Cochin State) by road...
No special postal markings are found, as to the transmission of mail by boat/canoe, unlike the mail carried by Railway (T R A.S).
Water Transport Mail conveyance Transit Station route from Kazhakoottam to North Paravur & by Road, to the Urakam town of Cochin State are shown below..
Kazhakoottam...8th Makaram 1084 ( Jan 20, 1909).
Quilon.. 9th Mak (Jan/21).
Padanayarkulangara.. 9th (Jan//21).
Kayamkulam... 9th Mak (Jan/21).
Alleppey.. 9th Mak (Jan/21).
Vaikom... 9th Mak (Jan/21).
Paravur.. 10th (Jan/22).
Urakam.. 11th Makaram 1084 (Jan/23/1909).
Distance in Nautical miles from Kazhakoottam to North Paravur.. 114 miles (210 km).
Note: 1 Nautical Mile = 1.852 kilometers.
Kazhakoottam to Quilon.. 30 miles.
Quilon to Padayanarkulangara.. 14 miles.
Padayanarkulangara to Kayamkulam.. 8 miles.
Kayamkulam to Alleppey.. 22 miles.
Alleppey to Vaikom..15 miles.
Vaikom to North Paravur..25 miles.
A folded letter (Half Chuckram stamp obliterated with T-20), from Kazhakoottam (near Trivandrum), addressed to the the Cochin town of Urakom.
Kazhakoottam (T-20)
Kazhakoottam
Quilon.
Padanayarkulangara
Kayamkulam.
Alleppey.
Vaikom
Paravur (North)
Urakam (Cochin State)
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