Travancore...Medical slogans cancellation

Medical slogan cancellations of 1934/'35/'36.

When Travancore state was under the epedemic of Cholera & Small Pox, the health department did their best to contain the diseases from spreading further. There were almost 6000 deaths in a span of less than 2 years. The sanitation department were in full force, to check the disease, with support from the medical in officer & para medical staff of each taluk, as the medical officer sent their weekly report of the attack to the Sanitary Commisioner in Trivandrum.

These medical slogan cancellations were introduced to inform the public about the outbreak, and to educate them about the steps taken in innoculation, to contain the disease.

There are 2 each of Malayalam, Tamil & English medical slogans seen so far.

Type 1..

(in Malayalam language).

'Prevent Small Pox by vaccination'.

Different measurements in rectangular box cancellations...

  (15×65 mm)

 (15×78 mm)

Type 1a..

(in Malayalam language).

'Inoculation essential for prevention of Cholera'..

Type 2.

(in Tamil language).

'ERADICATE SMALL POX BY APPLICATION OF COW POX'

Type 2a..

(in Tamil language).

'TO PREVENT VOMITING AND DIARRHEA, INOCULATION IS A MUST'.

Type 3..

(in English language).

'VACCINATION & RE-VACCINATION PREVENT SMALL-POX'

Type 3a..

(in English language).

'INOCULATION PREVENTS CHOLERA'

Type 1..

In Malayalam slogan.

Small Pox

2 different size slogans.

(15×65 mm) & (15×78 mm)

Type 1..

In Malayalam slogan

Small Pox

(15×65 mm) & (15×78 mm)

 

Type 1a..
in Malayalam slogan
Cholera

Type 2 ..in Tamil slogan.
Cholera.

Type 3 in English Slogan.
CHOLERA

QUARTER RUPEES OF TRAVANCORE..

TRAVANCORE QUARTER RUPEES....

MINT SHEETS OF TRAVANCORE

TRAVANCORE Mint Sheets

TRAVANCORE PALACE MINT REJECTS...ERRORS

TRAVANCORE copper coins which are mint rejects or defaced, due to, either during the different stages of checking out the new dies, or during the initial line of production of each copper mint coin. These were seen only after 1940's, where no stringent measures were taken by the authorities to minimise or reuse the faulty copper coins, unlike previous regimes.

Almost all of the reject coins, were never seen in worn out condition, but in immaculate condition.

Pictures taken from different musuems of Kerala.

Philatelic ENVELOPES OF TRAVANCORE

Travancore philatelic envelopes....

a) 1914 envelope affixed with 6 cash (underpaid by 2 cash...hence 'KULI' (Postage Due)) from Alleppey to Cochin via transit points of Vaikom & Edapally.  Cochin postage due (3 Pies) & Anchal Suptd: Office Cochin frankings  can be seen on the obverse & reverse.

b) 1914 envelope affixed with 1 chuckram (overpaid by 8 cash....manuscript by the Postmaster) from Alleppey to Cochin via transit points of Vaikom & Edapally.

c) 1914 envelope affixed with 2 Chuckrams (overpaid by One & Half Chuckrams...m.s. by Postmaster) from Alleppey to Cochin via transit points of Vaikom & Edapally.

1856 PRE STAMP LETTER

1856 A.D.... Cover (Half Anna blue imperf Queen Victoria, Die 3 stamp) posted from British India Calicut (24/08/1856) to Alleppey (27/08/1856), Travancore.

ANANTHRAYAN PANAMS

Travancore Anantharayan Panams.....Karthika Thirunal Bala Rama Varma (1758-'98 A.D) .... Gold....2 different mints. Long & Short crescent, dot missing, few other varieties. Weight...0.39 gms....8 mm & 8.5mm.