Postage Due (കൂലി)... lapse in cancellation stamp..(കുല്ല & കുല)

Postage Due (കൂലി).

 Minor faults found in hand cancellation stamp..(കുല്ല & കുല).

Kulla  (കുല്ല)

 

Kula (കുല).. Smallest box cancel to record, so far... 24x13mm

 

Smallest box cancel to record, so far... 24x13mm

Dr N S Mooss, in his book on Travancore Anchal recorded the smallest 'KULI' cancel as 24x15mm

1914 British India Telegram envelope postally despatched & delivered by Travancore Anchal office at Muvattupuzha.. Combination mail.

1914 British India Telegram envelope despatched & delivered by Muvattupuzha Anchal office.

Imperial Post telegraph message from Trivandrum, transmitted through  the Imperial Post office to Moovattupuzha Imperial office and handed over in a Telegraph envelope with the content (missing) to the local Muvattupuzha Anchal office at 3 p.m (Anchal man's manuscript on the reverse.. received on 17 Thulam, 1089), and  from Moovattupuzha, next day (18 Thulam) despatched to the nearest head Mana at Thodupuzha, rather than to the away branch Mana @ Eramalloor.

This telegram envelope was handed over to Muvattupuzha Anchal office, from Imperial post of Muvattupuzha, as Medanga Mana was in Valakom (5 miles) from Muvattupuzha.

As per the Travancore Anchal rule, it was mandatory that the British India telegram transmitted thru Anchal post was to be registered.

 And the postage (3.5 Chuckram) was to be recovered by the Muvattupuzha Anchal office, from the recipient, without any extra penalty.

Only the actual postage was charged. No postage due taken.

Registration Charge..3 Chuckram 

Postage..Half a Chuckram (8 Cash). 

1) Why Imperial Post office at Muvattupuzha has not affixed their dated stamp? It appears that the envelope was personally handed over to the Anchal local office. 

2) Another query is that why it was not posted to Eramalloor (Cherthala taluk, Alleppey district)? ....

 Probably the Management head of the Medangal Mana @ Thodupuzha must have given earlier standing instructions to the Imperial Post and local Anchal offices that all articles in the Mana's address, to be posted straight to the Mana at Thodupuzha, and not to any branches of the Mana. 

  

Manuscript by Anchal Master...

'തിരുവനന്തപുരത്തുള്ള ഹൈ കോർട്ട് വക്കീൽ കൃഷ്ണയ്യർ അയച്ച കത്ത് ഇന്നേക്ക് 17-3-89 3 മണിക്ക് കിട്ടി'. 

(Received a letter today sent by Advocate Krishnaiyer, High Court, Trivandrum.

17-3-89  at 3 Pm.)

Only the actual postage was charged. No postage due taken.

Register No..1399

Weight..1/4 Tola 

Circular dated arrival stamp at Muvattupuzha..Thulam 17, 89.

Delivery cds..Thulam 18, 89. 

From the article (Combination mail..Travancore & Imperial Post) by O.K. Prakash which came up in ISC magazine 'India Post..Vol 56/3 No 224, Year 2022, page 111&112)..

1936..6 C on 5 Cash Service card...shifted to the right... Minor Die & Overprints variety

1936...'6 C' on 5 Cash Service card with the potrait of Sree Mulam Thirunal Rama Varma (reigned from 1885 -1924)...shifted to the right... Die (minor retouched corrections) & overprint variety 

Potrait shifted to the right (2nd card)

1) 1936..Aruvamozhi (Aramboly) ..Medam 4 to Trivandrum 5-Med-11 Addressed to the Director of Public Health.

2) 1936..Quilon.. addressed to the Asst Engineer, PWD, Quilon.. 

Experimental office @ Thangassery.

1) Minor Die retouched variety ..corner fluer-de-lis...with white & blue background..thick bluish outline.

2) Thin & Thick fount (6 C)

3) Space between 6 & C.

Maharaja Sree Mulam Thirunal Rama Varma (reigned from 1885 to 1924)

1945...TRAVANCORE STATE LABOUR UNIT (T.S.L.U.) Censored & Postage Due envelopes under the command of S.E.A.C in World War 2..

The South East Asia Command (SEAC) was an Allied command established in August 1943 to direct Indian, U.S. & British forces against Japan in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II.

SEAC was responsible for strategic direction in the South-East Asian Theater, specifically managing the Burma Campaign to defeat Japanese forces, protect India, and reopen supply routes to China.

Commanded by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, SEAC (South East Asia Command) operates primarily in Burma, Ceylon & Malaya. 

T.S.L.U. No 83 (TRAVANCORE STATE LABOUR UNIT) ....These men were hired from the State of Travancore by an agreement between the U.S. Army and the Maharaja of Travancore to work as labourers for the U S. Army in various parts of India. These men lived under military discipline in camps. Camp No: 83 was located near Lakhapani which is 7 miles from Ledo, Assam on the Indo Burmese boundary line. 

These T.S.L.U. men were permitted to send and recieve mail  free of cost, while serving as labourers under SEAC

This was a necessary privilege as the men were seperated from the families while working and the cost of sending a letter which costs 1.5 Annas (3 cents) would be high for a labourer who earn a daily wages of Rupees 3 & 5 Annas ($1.00).

 Postage Due were charged only when the mail didn't pass thru the censor unit duly signed by the authorised signatory.

 Postage Due covers seen mostly, once the war ended..from June 1945.

Travancore 1939 Registered Letter with 'Not found' vernacular cancel....'കണ്ടില്ലo' for കണ്ടില്ലാ

Travancore registered letter from Kottayam PIRAVAKA with 3 ch 12 cash stamps as postage, to Poonjar.

1939..5/4/1115 M.E.  Registered letter from the District Court of Kottayam was returned from Poonjar, with vernacular marking of  'കണ്ടില്ലo' for കണ്ടില്ലാ (KANTILLA...Not found)...stamped at the delivery Anchal office, when the addressee is not traceable or found.

Registration charge..3 Ch. 

Postage...12 Cash.

Multiple manuscript notations by Anchal Man, seen on the reverse.

'കണ്ടില്ലo' instead of കണ്ടില്ലാ (Not found).