SIX CASH ' SERVICE'..2 Different 'R' of SERVICE..

Curved Tail to 'R'.

Straight tail to 'R'.

 

Travancore Scarce & Rare Service Card...8 CASH..minor varieties seen.

 1948 Travancore EIGHT CARD (Service) green card, which was in use for a shorter period (rare & scarce) before the state amalgamation of Travancore & Cochin in July, 1949.

It it a perforated card (90x150mm) or torn from a double card?

 Nothing has been reported in P. Wells, Edward Deschl catalogues or in any journals.

Miscut card..

Perforation seen on the top of the card (rouletted) or is it seperated from a double card?

Cutting edge flaw.

Service 6 Cash & 8 Cash post cards.

 

Year of issue for Service 6 Cash...1942
Year of issue for Service 8 Cash...1948

Looking for precise dates of the issue of the above cards

Piravaka or Piravagai cancellations of Travancore.. ALLEPPEY, QUILON, KOTTAYAM & CHANGNACHERRY.

 

In the state of Travancore, four Anchal offices with the name 'Piravagai/Piravaka' attached to the town name were seen used as cancellation, both in Malayalam & English.

1) ALLEPPEY.

 2) QUILON. 

3) KOTTAYAM.  

4) CHANGANACHERRY .

These Piravaka cancellations are used only as despatch markings. It appears that Piravaka offices do not have delivery markings, from the study, so far.

About Piravaka (പ്രവക/പിറവക), debate is still going on...

whether Piravaka Anchal office is located near a market place (Angadi.. (അങ്ങാടി) / Peedika..(പീടിക). 

or is it in the vicinity of Judicial/Government offices?

In all probability, Piravaka means a post office near the court of judiciary in an urban or in a provincial/rural area (Mofussil Anchal office). 

Alleppey (T-32), Quilon (T-25) & Kottayam (T-18) Piravakas exists from the initial 'Thi' obliteration period... followed by Changanacherry during the latter stages.

Varieties in cancellations seen in each Town Piravaka's..(shown below), is an interesting study. 

Further more Piravakas might exist..

1) ALLEPPEY PIRAVAGAI.

4 varieties are found.

ആലപ്പുഴപിറവക

  

ആലപ്പുഴ‌െപ്രവക 

ആലപ്പുഴപിറവക('ക' comes under 'വ'

ALLEPPEY PIRAVAGAI

2) QUILON PIRAVAKA

3 varieties are found. 

കൊല്ലംപിറവക

കൊല്ലംപിറവക ('ക' comes under 'വ'

QUILON PIRAVAKA

3) KOTTAYAM PIRAVAKA

2 varieties are found. 

കോട്ടയംപിറവക ('ക' comes under 'വ'

KOTTAYAM PIRAVAKA

4) CHANGANACHERRY PIRAVAGAI

1945 Cash 8 stamp affixed private card (Palai Central Bank) from Ponkunnam to Cragnanore.

1945 Cash 8 (surcharged on 6 Cash) stamp affixed private card (Palai Central Bank) from Ponkunnam to Cragnanore (Kodungallur).

 

Day digit missing.. manuscript instead.... Changnacherry to Kottayam..1895

1895 One Chuckram envelope from Changnacherry (Thi-48) to Kottayam.

Day (4) of '24' missing and filled up in writing at the delivery location of Kottayam by the Anchal Master.

Posted from Changnacherry (23/11/70..23/Mithunam/70...July 6/1895) to Kottayam (24/11/70).

Digit '4' of 24 missing and manuscripted in vernacular numerical (Malayalam) by Anchal Master of Kottayam. 

Addressed to Reverend Father Bernard, Prior General, Kottayam.

Thi-48

Digit '0' of 70 slightly raised.

1895 Thrikariyoor (manuscript markings), Muvattupuzha, Kottayam and then to Vaikom

1895 One Chuckram envelope posted at Thrikariyoor Anchal Pillar box with the pen inscriptions, was transferred to the nearest Anchal office @ Muvattupuzha, and then transported via Kottayam to Vaikom....Scarce.

 Manuscript inscriptions 

'തൃക്കറിയൂർ ബാകം (ഭാഗം)
71-11-28'..

Thrikariyoor Bakam 71-11-28' (manuscript markings..28-11-1071).

Thrikariyoor..June 11, 1895. Muvattupuzha..June 11.

Kottayam..June 12.

Vycome..June 13.

 

Thrikariyoor Anchal office opened in 1888 and closed in 1890..and then reopened in 1902. Thi-15 (T-15) was allotted to Thrikariyoor.

This envelope is in 1895 (1071)..so no Anchal office at Thrikariyoor... hence manuscript markings by the Anchal runner.

 

'തൃക്കറിയൂർ ബാകം 
71-11-28'

Thrikariyoor Bakam 71-11-28' (manuscript markings..28-11-1071).

This envelope which is posted in Anchal box installed there at Thrikariyoor, is taken to the nearest post office at Muvattupuzha. 

Thi-41 (തി -41) Muvattupuzha.