1922 Five Cash Sri Moolam portrait card from Vaikam to Tiruvella

 1922 Five Cash Sri Moolam portrait card posted from Vaikam to Tiruvella, returned via Kottayam to Thazhathangady 

Vaikom..2 KAR 97.

Tiruvella..3 KAR

Kottayam..4 KAR (കൊട്ടയം)

Kottayam..6 KAR (obverse /Reverse)

Thazhthangady..7 KAR (താഴത്തെങ്ങാടി).

Krishnapuram anchal office post cards

Krishnapuram..where the palace built by King Martanda Varma is situated. 
Krishnapuram office..started in year 1064 ME (1888) was converted to Piravaka in year 1065/66 (1889/90) and was permanently closed in ME year 1067 (1891/92).

1) 1890....8 cash thin card posted from Krishnapuram ( Vri 21, 65...Dec 06, 1890) to Changnacherry (Dec 07)  with pre-stamp period type cancel.

 

2) 1894....8 cash perforated (10) thick card posted from Kottayam (Medam 8, 69..April 20, 1894) addressed to Krishnapuram. 
Since there is no office in Krishnapuram, endorsed via the missing transit station of Padayanarkulangara (manuscript on top of the card by the the Anchal master), to the nearest anchal  station of  Kayamkulam (April 21).

Padayanarkulangara..in manuscript 

Travancore Chuckram Mint defect.

 

1877/൧o൫൨.. One Pagoda Travancore gold coin.

Only in Pagoda set (One and Two) of  Travancore gold coins, where one can note the vernacular usage of Travancore as 'Thiruvithamcode'...'തിരുവിതാംകൊടു'.

And the only series of Gold  coins, where the year is written in English and Malayalam..(1877/൧o൫൨ ).

 

Dot inside digit one of Malayalam year..൧o൫൨ (1052).

Pyramis marking. miniature branding .. A trademark of Bombay Mint. 

1892..to Bombay from Perumbavoor (Travancore)... combination frankings of Travancore & British India.

1892 Travancore 'Chuckram One' envelope to Bombay,  cancelled by 'Ti -40', eight barred circle of Perumbavoor on the obverse, and on the reverse with Travancore single line cds of  Perumbavoor (Kumbam 19, 1067....March 02), directed to the anchal transit office @ Paravur... single line cds (Ku 19), and then transferred to Imperial office @ Paravur, with 1/2 Anna blue-green Queen Victoria stamp ('Stamped' in maniscript), tied to reverse of the envelope with Paravur squared circle, and for onward transmission to Bombay (March 5, 1892).

 

 

Runner mailman (അഞ്ചൽ ഓട്ടക്കാരൻ)...1890 one chuckram envelope from Pala to Kottayam

1890 Travancore One Chuckram envelope carried by Anchal Runner (അഞ്ചൽ ഓട്ടക്കാരൻ), addressed from Pala (Thi-44) to the Dewan Peschkar of Kottayam..  

Despatch and Delivery on the same date..

Would it be possible now to deliver the envelope within a few hours?

Where's now it will take one or two days for the mail to reach from Pala to Kottayam.

Express delivery of 1890 to snail post of 2023.

 

Travancore 1918 registered crested privileged envelope from Varkala Town to Irinjalakuda (Cochin).

1918 officially registered  priveleged envelope of the State of Travancore, from the family (Tharananelloor) of Padmanabhaswamy Temple trustees, posted from VARKALA TOWN (scarce town cancel) to Irinjalakuda of Cochin State. 
Since this is  governmental envelope (falls under privileged post) , no stamps are required, as it is specifically mentioned (On Government Service..in Malayalam), and signed by the concerned official (bottom left). 

Varkala Town cancel