Victoria: 1917-1988.
T.O. (Telegraph Office) datestamps.

The date stamps on this page are those which were primarily designed for Telegraph Office use. Date stamps would have been used for both postal purposes and for telegraph purposes.

All date stamps are steel unless otherwise indicated.

The detailed entries - reached through the hyperlinks - contain additional and/or different examples with variations.

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A Office Type Dates of use.
       

 

B Office Type Dates of use.
  Barrakee T.O.

RO2-TO.

Diameter 27 mm.

 3 October 1937.
 

Bet Bet

Rated S

Used between 8 February 1912 and
21 June 1935.

  Bet Bet - T.O. removed.   Used: 7 August 1935 and 7 July 1959.
       
       
    Broadmeadows
Broadmeadows T.O.
1 March 1922.
Diameter: 26 mm

Used: 26 June 1912 to 18 Sept 1928.
Rated R.
Phoenix September 2013 Lot 631.

 Brown Coal
Brown Coal Mine T.O.
21 February 1924.

Diameter: 29 mm.
Rated: RR.

 

C

Cann1Cann River T.O.
Date line unclear.

Used from 22 October 1913 to 20 January 1922.

Rated: RRRRR.


Cann River T.O.
(E.R.D.).

Used from 26 September 1922 to 21 November 1922.

Rated: RRRRR.

First wheel of date stamp is inverted.

Cann River
Cann River T.O.
21 February 1928.

Prestige Philately March 2006 Lot 831.

Rated: RR.

 

   

Cann River - T.O. partially removed.

Used between 21 October 1933 and
2 January 1935.

Rated: RRR.

Cann River - T.O. completely removed.

Used between 28 October 1935 and
3 October 1938.

Rated: R.
  T.O. Caulfield (1942). T.O. Caulfield East (1956). T.O. Caulfield South (1968).
 

T.O. Clyde.

Cancellation never seen.

Clyde removed
T.O. Clyde (T.O. removed).
29 June 1923.
Used on 1d Postage Due.

Diameter: 28 mm.
5 mm side arcs
Used between 6 November 1915 and 1959.
Rating: Common.

 
 

Coldstream invertColdstream T.O.
21 June 1922.
Decade wheel reversed.

Used between 18 December 1917 and 23 November 1922.

Rated RR.

Coldstream 1926
Coldstream T.O.
25 November 1926.
Diameter: 27 mm.
5 mm side arcs.

Decade wheel corrected.

Used: 28 Sept. 1923 to 16 Aug 1939.
Rated: R.

Coldstream 1944
Coldstream T.O.
11 May 1944.
Diameter: 30 mm.
1.5 mm side arcs.

Used: 6 Nov. 1939 to 5 Jan. 1955.
Rated: Scarce.
 

Coldstream removed 2
Coldstream - T.O. fully removed.
9 January 1968.
Diameter: 30 mm.

Used: 1 January 1957 to
20 December 1968.

Rated R.

 Coldstream removed
Coldstream - T.O. partially removed.
30 April 1963.
Diameter: 30 mm.

Used: 1 January 1957 to
20 December 1968.

Rated R.

Coldstream.

Changed to short date line.

Used in black from 23 June 1969 to 14 July 1999 and in violet on 8 July 1984.
 

Cope Cope
Cope Cope T.O.
19 February 1915.
Diameter: 30 mm.
3 mm side arcs.

Used February 1914 to April 1915.
Rated: RRR.

    

 

D Dixie TO
Dixie T.O.
21 September 1937.
Diameter: 28 mm.

Western Coast line.

28 July 1924 to 8 August 1940.
Rated RRR.

 Dixie (T.O. removed).

Western Coast line.

20 March 1941 to 23 December 1957.
Rated R.


 

 

 
  Drouin
Drouin South T.O.
Date unclear.
Diameter: 28.5 mm.

26 October 1915 to 20 January 1930.
Rated: RR.

  

 

    

 

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