Postcard van der Wateren No. 12 Negative hand-dated postmark Kalaiya (N 34) dated 53/7/4 BS = Okt. 17, 1896 AD Negative hand-dated arrival postmark Jaleswar (N 29) dated 53/7/5 BS = Okt. 18, 1896 AD Uncommon usage of a negative hand-dated postmark (Kalaiya) prior to 1909 as a cancellation Only 3 postoffices are recorded using negative hand-dated postmarks prior to 1909 for cancellation: Birganj, Kalaiya and Chisapani - according to van der Wateren all in 1899. These postcards from Kalaiya to Jaleswar were dispatched in October and in November 1896. Reverse side