T.C. 1949 envelopes with Travancore stamps

2 MAILS on the same date & place...but addressed to different persons.

1949 July 23.... Travancore-Cochin (T.C.) period registered folded letter affixed with Travancore stamps from Thazhathagady, Kottayam(8 Karkatakam 1124) to Tiruvella....duly refused by the addresee & sent to Trichur where the senders address is.

The reason for affixing Travancore stamps instead, might be due to T.C. overprinted stamps of Travancore running short or stock not yet arrived.....hence only one T.C. 'One Anna' stamp seen.

Travancore & Cochin merged on July 1st 1949.

Very scarce.

1949 July 23.... Travancore-Cochin (T.C.) period registered folded letter affixed with Travancore stamps (except for One Anna T.C. stamp) from Thazhathagady, Kottayam (8 Karkatakam 1124) to Manipuzha, Tiruvella (12 Karkatakam)....duly refused by the addresee & sent to the sender's address in Trichur(26 Karkatakam) where the senders address is, eventhough it is posted in Thazhathagady, Kottayam.

The reason for affixing Travancore stamps instead, might be due to T.C. overprinted stamps of Travancore running short or stock not yet arrived.....hence only one T.C. 'One Anna' stamp seen.

Travancore & Cochin merged on July 1st 1949.

Very scarce.

3 CHUCKRAM Envelope...INVERTED ...Misprint.

Travancore 3 Chuckram envelope...stamp printed on inverted thin cream laid paper, with embossing "NUZARALLY & GUMROODINS" STATIONERS BOMBAY.

139×80mm..almost silimar to K4.

Unrecorded in Deschyl & P G Wells, but recorded in H& G (Envelopes 3b).

Rare.

From my collections....

Only 2 reported, so far.

RED CROSS...FORMULA ENVELOPES

Travancore inter post departmental envelopes....(red cross) 

a)Noornad to Trivandrum.

b)Bharanaganam to Trivandrum.

c) Kalanjoor to Trivandrum.

FOUR CASH...1903 Single Line Card...DOUBLE PRINT

Travancore  scarce 1903 RAMA VARMA potrait with white background... FOUR CASH card...single line header....from Pulinkunnu to Trivandrum.

Jump print or double print?

A jump print to me. Scarcely seen.

Card/Envelopes addressed to COCHIN SUPERINTENDENT.

Travancore Registered printed envelope & Four Cash card addressed to JACOB. I. CHANDY, Anchal Superintendent of Cochin, along with a 1913 Cochin Gazette notification, seeking application for the post of Anchalmen...in vernacular language.

1) Registered printed envelope (3 1/2 Chuckram) surcharges in red...3 Chs 10 Ca...a provisional issue, with '2 C'  ovpt: on 10 cash stamp..
June 15, 1932 Trivandrum to Ernakulam (June 17).

2) Four Cash R.V. potrait card from Kottayam via transit station..Edapally to Ernakulam.
August 13, 1914..Kottayam
August 14...Edapally  & Ernakulam.

V-2..VILLAGE POST OFFICE... KIDANGOOR FOLDED LETTER

Travancore 1909 October 11th.. 'V-2'..Kidangoor cancelled folded letter to Chovara(Cochin State) and back to Kidangoor...October 15

1) Kidangoor..26 Kanni,1085 M.E(11/10/1909)
2)Ettumanoor..26 Kanni
3)Vaikom...26 Kanni
4)Edapally...26 Kanni
5) Chovara..28 Kanni
The addressee deceased, hence returned...endorsed by the Anchalman.
6)Chovara..29 Kanni
7)Edapally..30 Kanni
8)Vaikam..30 Kanni
9)Ettumanoor..30 Kanni
10)Kidangoor..30 Kanni...15/10/1909.

1903/04 FOUR CASH CARDS ...RV PORTRAIT WITH RED BACKGROUND.

Scarce 1903/'04 post cards of Maharaja Rama Varma of Travancore, with the single line heading...survived for a very short gestation period of hardly 4 months.

1) Wrongly posted in the wrong postbox (British) from Ambalapuzha (postage due of 1/2 anna....horse shoe cancel) to Kottayam.

2) Posted to USA by affixing One Anna K.E. stamp from Chethipuzha Changnacherry. As the card is used to be send outside state, it should be affixed with the requiste 'One Anna' British India stamp. Travancore stationary had no legal tender, if used for, to be posted outside the state, other than Cochin.

3) Posted from Ettumanoor to Alleppey..please note the Alleppey delivery time cancel 'Morning 8:30'..'Pa' for Pakal.

4) Posted from Changnacherry to Varapuzha