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19th century stamp paper
September 3 , 2024
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- The stamp paper discovered in Palani dates back to the 19th century.
- It was written by Chinnoppalamma, the wife of Velayudam Chinna Naicken, the last Zamindar of Palani-Balasamudram.
- Reportedly, Naicken was taken to a prison in Chennai where he died under mysterious circumstances.
- To maintain the large farmlands of the Zamindar, she nominated 23 managers.
- There are two seals of the EIC. One seal contains the price of the stamp paper — two annas (the word 'two annas' is written in four languages — Tamil, English, Urdu and Telugu).
- The other seal contains the seal of the treasury that sold the paper.
- All transactions were carried out by the treasury of the EIC.
- The entire letter is written in Tamil and the date of the stamp paper is mentioned as February 21, 1818.
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