Post your Australian stamp cancels that have you beaten!

Micky · **Posted:** Sat Jan 14, 2012 20:39:21 pm

Excellent and thank you very much mcgooley, muruk and Peter.

Micky

mcgooley · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 09:11:38 am

Micky wrote:

And about the trivia being useless, don't think like that I love to see the photo's mcgooley, I was born in Herberton Qld and I love the old relics of our past. Show us please

Micky

Finally found the photos :oops:

I've posted the images on the Post Office pictures thread; http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=15397&start=150

Micky · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 17:44:22 pm

Ok this one is confusing, maybe simple in others eyes. Is it a BN or some other type of cancel maybe used by private company?

Thanks for looking
Micky

mcgooley · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 18:30:51 pm

Micky, what you have there is a very messy double strike of Sale's (bn 72) fifth duplex. If you enlarge the image a bit more on your scanner you'll be able to make out the 'S' of Sale over the top of the '7'.

The skeleton datestamps on this range of duplexes differed from earlier ones in that they used dd.mm.yy under the hour.

Micky · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 18:36:05 pm

It is messy yes, I do come up with some silly ones some times, thanks mcgooley I will have a closer look at it

Cheers
Micky

manfaefife · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2012 19:28:22 pm

Any thoughts on these 2 x 2d stamps please, can't seem to find them on the PPA site, or maybe I'm Just not looking hard enough !

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2012 20:16:27 pm

First thing that comes to mind.

1. Albert Park. Vic.

2. East Bentliegh. Vic.

manfaefife · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2012 20:35:47 pm

traralgon3844 wrote:

First thing that comes to mind.

1. Albert Park. Vic.

2. East Bentliegh. Vic.

1. What would the letters S.C.S. (or whatever that last letter is) after Park be for ?
2. Is it Bentleigh's East as opposed to how you have it written, as there is an s followed by a full stop after the h ?

muruk · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2012 21:20:12 pm

manfaefife wrote:

1. What would the letters S.C.S. (or whatever that last letter is) after Park be for ?
2. Is it Bentleigh's East as opposed to how you have it written, as there is an s followed by a full stop after the h ?

They are postal district designators ... the pre-cursors of our postcodes.

SC6 = South-Central-6, or something like that.

They have been discussed on Stampboards before, but I can't find the link right now.

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2012 21:22:24 pm

The S.C.6. is the postal district, somewhat like out present postcodes.

Check out type 70 and 110: https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/w ... ds.w?po=36

From memory Bentleigh East and East Bentleigh are interchangeable and thee S.E. at the end is the postal district again.

manfaefife · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2012 22:08:11 pm

Many thanks guys for your help, I'll need to bear in mind the codes at the end of more modern postmarks. I've never seen that page before Traralgon, very informative.

I have another query, what does this one look like ? I've darkened it to make it easier.

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2012 23:31:53 pm

Easy 2 seconds to see Tallangatta.

manfaefife wrote:

I've never seen that page before Traralgon, very informative.

That info is free on the A's. Subsrcibe and you get that info on all the alphabet.

Peter Gibson · **Posted:** Fri Feb 10, 2012 13:58:34 pm

Donald

These postal district codes were used only in metropolitan Melbourne and Brisbane, up to the late 1960's when the present four-digit codes were introduced Australia-wide. The district codes were based on the same principle as for London - the letter(s) roughly indicated the compass direction from the city centre; and the number very roughly indicated the distance from the centre

manfaefife · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 05:06:27 am

Hmm I guess with this one I'm more like asking for confirmation rather than asking what is it. It's a KYOGLE postmark, but I just notice the smaller letters in front of it, would I be right in assuming it's GREVILLIA ?

The Pom · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 05:28:38 am

Somewhere VIA KYOGLE maybe?

mcgooley · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 06:41:46 am

Possibly 'New Park' via Kyogle? Kyogle replaced the original office in 1903 :roll:

manfaefife · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 08:30:04 am

PPA auction 84 had this entry: 1496 Δ A A2 Rukenvale: ‘[RU]KENVALE VIA KYOGLE/14AP51/N.S.W.‘ on
KGVI 3d red. PO 6/9/1928; closed 30/11/1971.

So I guess that's what it's likely to be Rukenvale Via Kyogle.

Lundy · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 08:53:40 am

Hi all,

I have no idea about this one, can anybody help - ME? :lol:

Thanks

Lundy

The Pom · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 18:38:52 pm

Lundy:

It's a relief cancel. Check this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=24268

Lundy · **Posted:** Fri Feb 17, 2012 06:48:53 am

Thanks Pom!

Excellent, now I can add it in with my other ones.

Lundy

manfaefife · **Posted:** Sat Feb 18, 2012 05:34:11 am

This postmark appears to be from BLAXLAND EAST, I'm assuming it's NSW ? No reference to Blaxland East in PPA site. Anyone know when opened ?

mcgooley · **Posted:** Sat Feb 18, 2012 06:41:31 am

Blaxland East opened 1 November 1968

manfaefife · **Posted:** Sat Feb 18, 2012 06:46:56 am

Thank you mcgooley for your very prompt reply.

manfaefife · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 09:24:40 am

Is this likely to be Postmarked Fremantle Railway Station ? It appears to be the only WA postmark ending in Station on PPA site.

clemo · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:29:18 pm

Top marks for starting this subject, Donald. It saves starting a new topic for every postmark!

Have tried to find this on PPA to no avail, so assistance from the experts requested...

Thank you

Micky · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 18:24:19 pm

Clemo it might be Bungalla, the town was gazetted in 1910. Google helped a little on this one

.
A Nice Sock on the Nose CD.

Cheers
Micky Not an expert, just helping a little

manfaefife · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 18:25:49 pm

There appears to have been a town called BUNGULLA according to wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungulla,_Western_Australia presumably it had a post office at some point. But then again it is wiki so perhaps someone from W.A. could tell us more.

SNAP

Just checked again and there's certainly streets shown on google street maps, so it's still there, must Just have been missed or not known to PPA

mcgooley · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 18:41:48 pm

Apparently on the main route between Perth and Kalgoorlie - perchance something to do with the water supply :?:

I went through my maps (which only date back to the 1950s) and although Tammin [a few kilometres west] shows up, there's no sign of Bungulla. It must have been a short-lived settlement :?:

There's precious little left there now

It had definitely slipped off the radar by the time the postcodes were introduced in Australia in 1967 :roll:

Micky · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 18:54:07 pm

Yes mcgooley, I just checked Google Earth and see nothing at all but farms.
Here are the co-ordinates Latitude 31° 57’ Longitude 117° 35’, used to be a railway station, now it looks part of a cattle station :lol:

, might have a rariety here clemo. Nice

Micky

manfaefife · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 19:04:31 pm

clemo wrote:

Top marks for starting this subject, Donald. It saves starting a new topic for every postmark!

Cheers clemo, and as you can see there's plenty of us keen to find the answers.

mcgooley · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 19:18:36 pm

David (PPA) clearly states that W.A. is incomplete. I have a very short list that was compiled by the W.A. Study Group back in 1984 - "co-ordinated by Brian Pope" - so it is possible that someone out there has more information on Bungulla.

If anyone has access to a U.P.U. list of Australian Post Offices from this era, then we should be able to put it to bed. I believe there was one put out in about 1912-1914 :?:

clemo · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 20:24:33 pm

My thanks to Donald, Micky, and mcgooley for the input on this place - Bungulla seems to be its name!

One to keep in the hope that some more info rears its head.

Regards

Micky · **Posted:** Sun Mar 04, 2012 23:31:22 pm

Hi everyone, would this one be some type of private business Cancel? Looks to be similar to the road assistance Co.

Cheers
Micky

The Pom · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 00:54:55 am

RAAF = Royal Australian Air Force.

Not a private business!

Micky · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 01:09:15 am

Thanks The Pom, I see it clearly now, the N from N.T confused me :oops:

Micky

sugarplum · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 17:28:47 pm

Hi Clemo

Bungulla Post Office closed sometime in 1944. Postmark is rated 2, known to exist in low numbers more frequently as part impressions.

A history of West Australian place names can be found here

http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate ... Addressing

Jenny

billlel · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 18:48:05 pm

manfaefife wrote:

Is this likely to be Postmarked Fremantle Railway Station ? It appears to be the only WA postmark ending in Station on PPA site.

My avatar may help.

manfaefife · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 23:04:33 pm

You'll need to give me a push on this one, other than the Railway Station postmark and the Town Hall Postmark's last day of use being the same 22/10/1907, I don't follow why your avatar may help ?

billlel · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 19:10:57 pm

Sorry about that Manfaefife :oops:

Seniors moment......this is the postmark I should have shown...

clemo · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 23:40:09 pm

sugarplum wrote:

Hi Clemo

Bungulla Post Office closed sometime in 1944. Postmark is rated 2, known to exist in low numbers more frequently as part impressions.

A history of West Australian place names can be found here

http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate ... Addressing

Jenny

Many thanks, Jenny...

A great help, and appreciated...

manfaefife · **Posted:** Wed Mar 07, 2012 00:48:17 am

Thanks Billlel, reassures me I was right with my assumption.

Jim Oatfield · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 03:53:53 am

[b]These Four have me stumped, and I need some help.

manfaefife · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 04:07:16 am

2nd one looks like Rupanyup, Vic and the 3rd one looks like Tyrrell Downs, Vic, 4th one is Wagga Wagga Parcel Post

Jim Oatfield · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 06:01:06 am

Thank you John, I used Premier Postal reference But that Wagga Wagga had me fooled. I looked everywhere for that double S or G (in Wagga Wagga)

Peter Gibson · **Posted:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 16:34:16 pm

I wonder if the first of Jim's is a relief stamp from Victoria - I have seen one from the 1930's that says "Relief Stamp Vic", with the number of the relief stamp at the bottom

Brummie · **Posted:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 20:34:06 pm

No.3 could be:
Tyrrell Downs in Victoria
TO c.-/4/1898; RO c.1902; PO 2/3/1914; closed 1/7/1927.

Phoenix Auctions · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:20:25 am

[/quote]

clemo wrote:

Have tried to find this on PPA to no avail, so assistance from the experts requested...Thank you

BUNGULLA has now been added to the PPA Postmark database. It is much harder than the rating 2 would suggest.

David.
PPA

clemo · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 22:20:00 pm

Phoenix Auctions wrote:

clemo wrote:

Have tried to find this on PPA to no avail, so assistance from the experts requested...Thank you

BUNGULLA has now been added to the PPA Postmark database. It is much harder than the rating 2 would suggest.

David.
PPA[/quote]

Thank you David...

As a matter of interest where can I find out about these ratings?? Rating 2 means nowt to me.

Regards

sugarplum · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 22:51:50 pm

The ratings come from the Western Australian Postal Markings Compendium copyright R & J Goulder. It is available from Chalon Stamps in Falcon, WA.

patg · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 15:40:09 pm

Looks like PIMACDONNELD (but that doesn't make much sense

)
Tried South Australia look up's: but no matches.
Any ideas?

Thanks,
pat


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