This is Tiruvitamkur 1924 6Kashu
Padmanabhashanku deep pumpkin typograph (SG 35) 12th conchshell issue with perf.12, printed sheets of 84 (6×14) on machine-made toned unsurfaced wove paper with type C
Padmanabhashanku watermark (upright centered).
Vignette: The center shows the
Shanku (conchshell) held by Lord Padmanabhaswami, the tutelary deity of the ruling Chera Dynasty.
The upper part of the outer elliptical band shows the inscriptions
Tiruvitamkur Anchal (i.e. Tiruvitamkur Post) and the lower part shows the denomination
Aru Kashu (i.e. Six Kashu), both in pre-reformation Kairali script.
Since SCF does not support Unicode, I cannot post the Malayalam transcription.
Postmark: It is Mus type 9 cds (diameter: 2.6cm) of Iraniyal AO, located in Iraniyal (8.2062°N 77.3166°E), now in Kanyakumari district of Tamizh Nadu.
Iraniyal AO functioned under Padmanabhapuram Division of Tiruvitamkur Anchal.
The cds is dt.
29 MIT 05 i.e. Mithunam 29,1105 in Kollavarsham calendar, which corresponds to July 13,1930.
The lower part of the annulus in the cds has the letterings
T.A.D. (
Tiruvitamkur
Anchal
Department) which was not impressed on the stamp here.
Posted 03/06/2019 05:53 am
