The stamp paperdiscovered 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.