Maratha Confederacy - Rastias of Wai 'ino' Shah Alam (AH186) - Bagalkot

Independent Kingdom - Maratha Confederacy - Rastias of Wai INO Shah Alam (AH1170-1233/1757-1818AD)
Year: AH1186
Mint: Bagalkot (in the Bijapur region)
Weight: 11.05
KM# 292 (prev 239)

* Copy of the rupee of Dar-ul-khilafat Shahjahanabad

A Troubled Credit Society

I am going to post text from five postcards along with the pictures in next few days. These postcards were sent to a credit society in Allahabad in 1940's (British India) by different people.

Postcard # 1 (Sep/42)
Registered Postcard from Tundla (18-SEP-42) to Allahabad
Notice the spellings of Society, Secretary & Allahabad
Affixed with 1 Anna & 3 Annas King George VI stamps on a 9 Pies Postcard

The Honrary Secaretary
R M S AD
Cooprative Socity Ltd
Allahbad

Ref your No CS 501 dt 31-1/42
beg to ask if the socity is
pleased to advance the
loan now which has already
been applied in Dec/40
or if you are willing to return
my full amount which
has been sent for the purpose
in order to disconnect my
relation with the socity
A proper reply or compliance is
requested within a week after
which a legal step will be
taken & the socity will be
held responsible for all my
damages and expenses your self
18-9-42 } Khalil-ul-Rehman

The lost cover ..... not really !

This is a unfranked (no postage paid) cover dispatched from Bara Bazaar, Calcutta in Bengal to, what appears to be, Kalarampur in zilla (i.e. district) Hadotee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadoti) in Rajasthan in September 1912. The cover travelled from Calcutta to Kharagpore (present day Kharagpur) wrongly, returned to Calcutta via Midnapore (present day Midnapur), and finally sent to it's right destination in Kotah.

I would like to thank Mrs. D. M. Pittie who helped me a lot in studying this letter and because of her only I came to know that letter was never lost but got delivered to it's final destination.


Note: Click on image to see a bigger size picture. The cancellations are numbered in the picture.


Front of cover:

1) Bara Bazar / DUE (postage due) One Anna

Back of cover:

1) Posted from Bara Bazar, Calcutta / 18th Sep 1912 / 6.45 PM (?)
2) Wrongly sent to Kharagpur / 20th Sep 1912 / Octagonal UNP (unpaid)
3) Undelivered in Kharagpore / 20th Sep 1912 / This is a double cancellation. I believe the first one was not clear therefore a 2nd cancellation was struck.
5) Returned from Kharagpur / 24th Sep 1912 (See handwritten date '24 9 12' upside down above #6. Text itself is not clear.)
7) Recieved in Midnapore for forwarding to Calcutta / 25th Sep 1912 (Receipt ?)
6) Dispatched from Midnapore to Calcutta on the same day / 25th Sep 1912 / DEP (Dispatch)
8) On way back to Calcutta via R.M.S. (Hooghly ?) / 26th Sep 1912
9) Calcutta / 27th Sep 1912 / Boxed DLO (deal letter office) / Again a double cancellation as the first one is light and not clear
4a) Kotah / 1st Oct 1912 / Octagonal UNP (unpaid)
4c) Kotah / 1st Oct 1912 / DEP (dispatch)
4b) Kotah / 1st Oct 1912 / DELY (delivered)