Travancore 1925 circular cancellation unrecorded

1925 Postage Due on a folded unstamped letter from Nagercoil to Parassala...

 Interesting to note that a few cancellations around 1099/1100 (1924/'25) didn't last long...the great flood of '99 (1924)?

Unrecorded cancellation...hyphen in the date (1-MEE-99).

36 mm cds.

India Study Circle's 75th Diamond Jubilee magazine 'India Post' article on EXPERIMENTAL MARKINGS OF TRAVANCORE :

 India Study Circle's 75th Diamond Jubilee magazine 'India Post' article, on the subject of  'EXPERIMENTAL MARKINGS OF TRAVANCORE'...in the lastest issue of July/ Sept 2025.

ISC...(a UK based organization dedicated to the study of Indian philately) was established in 1950 to focus on the stamps and postal history of India and Indian States.

1943 Travancore private card with 6 Cash stamp from Quilon to Alleppey, with a brief history of the first Newspapers of Kerala.

1943 Travancore private card with 6 Cash stamp from Quilon to Alleppey, with a brief history of the first Newspapers of Kerala..all started from Kottayam.

'Malayala Rajyam' founded by K G Shankar, was a prominent Malayalam daily newspaper established in 1929 from Quilon, as a weekly and later converted to a daily in 1931. 

 The newspaper was aimed to support the Indian independence movement and the activities of the National Congress.

It was particularly popular among the Nair community of Kerala

The newspaper eventually ceased publication in the late 1960s.

A brief history of the first newspapers of Travancore.

The first daily newspaper in Travancore was 'Rajyasamacharam', published in June 1847 by Dr. Hermann Gundert...a religious journal published by the Basel Evangelical Mission Society. 

Nasrani Deepika is the oldest Malayalam newspaper still in circulation, established in 1887, followed by The Malayalam Manorama in 1888.

 The newspaper 'Nasrani Deepika' was first published in 1887 by Fr. Emmanuel Nidhiry. 

It was initially printed on a wooden hand press at St. Joseph's Printing Press, Mannanam, near Kottayam. The newspaper was a realization of a dream to have a publication for the Christian communities.

In 1939, the newspaper transitioned from a weekly newspaper to a daily, and  it also dropped "Nasrani" from its name and became "Deepika". 

Mourning cards of the Travancore era

1936  6 Cash stamp affixed on card from Quilon to Trivandrum..

 

1938 mourning card from Trivandrum to Kalady.

'TOO LATE' cancellation on different receipts

'TOO LATE' cancellation on different receipts..scarce to get.

VALUE PAYABLE RECEIPT 

REGISTERED ARTICLE RECEIPT

ACKNOWLEDGMENT RECEIPT

1946 Cochin Hundi to Travancore

1946..(4/11/21 M.E) Cochin inter state Hundi (green) intimation for RS 5 Annas 8 (payment of VPPL* parcel) send Registered from Cochin to Mavelikkara) Travancore) with Mavelikkara Hundi cancellation along with Cochin (vernacular) rectangular box stamp.

 

VPPL*...Value Payable Parcel Letter..'PL' by manuscript in red ink, probably by the Travancore Anchal master.

Cancellation in Malayalam is not cataloged by GB Pai..Rare. 

Cancellation seen on the intimation..

 4/MIT/21..Cochin 

13/MIT/21..Mavellikara

 15/MIT/21.. Ernakulam 

'കൊച്ചി' (COCHIN)... in a rectangular box. Scarcely seen.

 Mavelikara Hundi cancellation 

2 types of despatch cancellation in Wrappers.

 

Wrappers..1896 - 1905. (2 Types of despatch cancel) .

Wrappers which was issued in 1896 were initially obliterated with numbered thick 'T'(തി) bar with Town number, which lasted till 1902.

From 1903 to 1905, circular dated stamps were used as despatch cancellation instead of 'T' (തി) despatch franking on wrappers. 

2 different types of despatch hand stamp.

a) Thick bar 'T'(തി) Town number franking (1896 - 1902).

 The first day of the New Malayalam year Chingam 1, 1072 (Aug 16, 1896)..T-24.. തി -24...from Quilon 

b) Circular dated Town name despatch stamp (1903 - '05)

From Kottayam.. Kanni 2, 1081 (Sept 17, 1905)