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smauggie
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India : Chochin Dec 27, 2018 16:18:09 GMT Mick, Bombadil, and 2 more like this

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Post by smauggie on Dec 27, 2018 16:18:09 GMT

Cochin, India
Postal Stationery issued in 1892

As I do not understand Malayalam, I cannot read the date this was mailed, though it was likely in the last decade of the 19th century. The cover as you can tell has had a rough life, but now it can retire in peace (and an archival holder) in my collection.

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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50

India : Chochin Jan 10, 2022 18:42:17 GMT Ryan, iswscwebmaster, and 10 more like this

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Post by hdm1950 on Jan 10, 2022 18:42:17 GMT

Over time I acquired so many Indian state stamps that sometime in the 1990's I created an album to host them as they were stuck all over the place as part of India in my World Wide album. I never purposely bought any of these but from buying so many old collections and box lots they found me. Many states are empty or sparsely populated. There are several though that I have quite a few stamps. The leader in volume would be the Cochin state. Here are the pages from my old school home made album created on old found sheets.

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DK
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What I collect: Classic NZ, Closed NZ Post Offices, New Zealand Postal History, Classic Br. Empire, Pacific Islands, France

India : Chochin Jan 11, 2022 0:38:06 GMT iswscwebmaster, Beryllium Guy, and 2 more like this

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Post by DK on Jan 11, 2022 0:38:06 GMT

Nice pics

It's funny, but I bought an India & States collection over the Xmas break - a lot of items in there!!
Of the Indian States, the most were from Cochin and Travancore. I read somewhere that, back in the day, a lot of these were used as packet fillers!

I hadn't considered India as a collecting area previously but have been reading thru' Tony MacGillicuddys 'UGLIES' thread on that other board recently and must of been seduced by it, as I saw this collection for sale on Trademe and bid on, and won it. Funny that as I am currently going thru' it and looking at these new to me items that you posted the above pictures.

Nice one

Dave

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