'Four Cash' copper coins.. Mint rejects of Travancore .. Cap type errors.

Beauty lies even in the imperfected coins.

 

'SIX CASH' handstamped in violet on 'Half Chuckram' wrapper.

 'SIX CASH' handstamped in violet on 'Half Chuckram' wrapper. Provisional issue. 

Appears to be 'SIXI' CASH...instead of SIX CASH...extra letter seen. 

Image of an albino print seen (though not), but due to pressure applied, while handstamping on a stack of mint wrappers.

1891..3 Chuckram envelope.. Manuscript of Registered & Pillar Post.

An extremely rare handwritten usage of  'REGISTERED. .No 206  Weight 1/2 tola'....and 'Munambom 66-9-13' (13-9-66.. ie 25 April 1891)....also scarce usage of hand written place and date.

 April 25, 1891....Three Chuckram envelope registered from Munambam (pen written by postmaster, with the date in Malayalam numericals....66-9-13.....that is Malayalam year 1066 Medam 13.....April 25, 1891) via Paravoor to Kottayam (despatch cancel missing).

Registered charges.. 2 Chuckram & Postage 1 Chuckram.

'Thi-76' (also Thalavady)... Munambom....a small village bordering Travancore & Cochin......previously this number is known under Paravoor...as per recorded..though Paravoor is the  nearest designated post office.

Munambom.. a pick up point...a Pillar post..

Paravoor is earlier located under 3 'Thi' numbers...38, 64 & 76.

Thi-38 belongs to North Paravoor.

Thi-64 belongs to South Paravoor.

This envelope is posted from Munambam via Paravoor to Kottayam.Also in Malayalam manuscript is Registration with number.

As Munambam is a mail pickup point, does not have a registration, despatch or delivery seal in that period of usage. Hence, it has to be pen cancelled by the Anchal man.

1889 Manuscript Registration and Prestamp usage of Boxed Registered..Thi 46..Kanjirapally.

 1889 One Chuckram envelope uprated by 2 Ch stamp ( Registration..2 Ch & Postage 1 Ch) from Kanjirapally to  Trivandrum.

Scarce usage of manuscript of Registration   No / Weight... along with the boxed 'REGISTERED'.

And Thi-46...is shared by Kanjirapally & Mundakayam...of course, in different period of time. 

No 76

രൂപയിട  1/4തൂക്കം

1821 & 1853 Quilon & Trivandrum cancellations.

QUILON POST FREE..7th  December 1821 

TRIVANDRUM Bearing, As 3  1853  October 13

TRIVANDRUM Bearing, Rs 1As 8. 1853 November 2

1937 Brussels (Belgium) to Trivandrum airmail cover

1937 flight cover from Brussels to Trivandrum via Karachi.  Travel time is 10 days...

Despatched from Brussels (Belgium)..5 Jan,1937

Transit station @ Karachi...9 January.

Delivered @ Trivandrum..15 Janunary. 

 

 

Pillar post manuscript cancel...Pallikkal pick up box via Kayamkulam

1895 Eight Cash card picked up from a Pillar box @ Pallikkal (12/May /1895....

'30-9-70 പള്ളിക്കൽ'.....duly pen stroked on the card by the Anchal Man, with the nearest designated anchal office at Kayamkulam (13/May) to Edapally (14 May).

Pallikkal anchal office which opened as an experimental office in 1889 had to close its office as it is not profitable to carry forward.  Started once again functioning & this time, as a Village anchal office from the year 1077 (1901-'02)....what started as a mail pick up point into a full fledged post office.

 Example of Pallikkal circular dated Stamp of 1890.