INDIA & STATES STAMP CATALOGUE

Are you a philatelist? Then please have a look into the stamp catalogue published by Stanley Gibbons.It is a bit old catalogue but it is available in discounted price off about Rs. 500.00. Have a look into the details and if you are interested please visit the link below!

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons
Topic: Stamps
Country/Countries: India
Year: 2009
Edition: 3
Printed in: Colour
Cover Type: Softback

The Stanley Gibbons India & States color catalog lists and prices the mint and used stamps of India from the earliest issues of Sind Province (1852) and the East India Company (1854-64) up to the end of 2008, to the level of detail familiar to users of our British Commonwealth & Empire catalogue.

The catalogue includes details of Indian stamps used abroad, with fully priced listings in several cases, also the stamps of Indian Expeditionary and Custodian forces overseas and the issues of the Indian Convention and Feudatory States.

Major plate flaws, watermark varieties, shades, official stamps and booklets are all listed.

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8 Common Copper Coins of Travancore Princely State

The Kingdom of Travancore was a former Hindu feudal kingdom and Indian princely state that had been ruled by the Travancore Royal Family from the capital at Padmanabhapuram or Thiruvananthapuram. The Kingdom of Travancore has its own currency system. The coins are Cash, Chukrum and Fanam. These coins were minted in Copper, Bronze, Silver and Golod. The Travancore rupee was the currency of the State of Travancore which was subdivided into 7 fanam, each of 4 chakram, each of 16 cash. The Travancore currency was issued until 1949 before being replaced by the Indian rupee. Silver coins were issued in the denominations of 2 chakrams, 4 chakrams, 7 chakram (1/4 rupee), 14 chakram (1/2 rupee). Copper coins were struck in the denominations of 1 cash, 4 cash, 8 cash, and 1 chakram (=16 cash). The exchange rate with the British Indian rupee was set at 1 British Indian rupee = 28 chakram, 8 cash; equivalently, 1 Tranvancore rupee = 15 annas, 8.63 pies of a British Indian rupee. Today in this blog post we will talk about eight copper coins minted under the rule of Blarama Varma and Ramavarma. Please have a look into the commonly available Travancore Coins. We will discuss about rare coins later.

Please See the followqing coins, Images are for Balarama Varma Coins

1 Cash - Rama Varma VI Copper – 0.65 g – ø 10.8 mm - KM# 46 Thick coin
1 Cash - Bala Rama Varma II - Copper – 0.48 g - KM# 57 Thin Coin

4 Cash - Rama Varma VI - Copper – ø 17.6 mm - KM# 41
4 Cash - Bala Rama Varma II - KM# 58

8 Cash - Rama Varma VI - Copper – 3.8 g - KM# 42
8 Cash - Rama Varma VI – Copper - KM# 48

1 Chuckram - Rama Varma VI - Copper – 9.98 g – ø 26.68 mm - KM# 49
1 Chuckram - Bala Rama Varma II - 8.0 g – ø 27 mm KM# 60