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Postal Museum Karanji Mansion Mysore

Postal Training Centre, Mysuru, Karnataka 570011, India
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  • Place Types Museum
  • Address Postal Training Centre, Mysuru, Karnataka 570011, India
  • Coordinate 12.3070539,76.6711648
  • Website Unknown
  • Rating 4
  • Compound Code 8M4C+RF Mysuru, Karnataka, India
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Postal Museum Karanji Mansion Mysore
Postal Museum Karanji Mansion Mysore
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Viswas K.P Menon (09/06/2019)
Postal Museum Karanji Mansion MysorennThe postal museum housed in Karanji Mansion at Mysore displays a number of ancient postal services related articles and artifacts and records.nnThe museum is located in a portion of the mansion and it could be maintained in a more better and professional manner.nnOn either side of the entrance are large size images of the ancient dak runners with their load of postal articles on their shoulders.nnThe museum showcases badges, spears, weights, weighing scales, receipt books, log books, ledgers, lanterns used by the runners, Acknowledgment receipt books, Nizam Post orders and circulars, Postal records, Manual of procedures, Heavy duty ring and hook scales etc.nnOld heritage post boxes of Travancore era and British era are housed outside the building. There are a number of photos and posters on postal history evolution.nnPhotos by Viswas Menonn© Viswas MenonnWrite up compiled by Viswas Menon
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