| Crawford, J. M. (1934) | The Development of Communication in Victoria. | One Hundred Years of Engineering. http://www.consuleng.com.au/IE%20Aust%201934%20-%2015%20Communications.pdf |
| Davies, D. and Rigo De Righi, A. (1982) | Victoria: The Emergency cancellations updated, Philately From Australia, December, 78-86. | A very complete review of the Belt and Buckle usage as well as the associated "Money Order and Savings Bank" cancellations. |
| Kellow, G. (1990) | The Stamps of Victoria. | A comprehensive documentation of all issues and printing details compiled together with details of essays, proofs and related topics including Revenue stamps and postal stationery. |
| Premier Postal Auctions. | Although not a conventional reference, this site has a massive amount of material about date stamps (albeit mainly postal). Excellent and very comprehensive. | |
| McGowan, Samuel Walter | Australian Dictionary of Biography. | Superintendent of Telegraphs in Victoria and constructor of Australia's first telegraph line. |
| Watson, G., Webster, J. and Wood, D. (1989) | The Post Offices and Hand-held Datestamps of Victoria, Tullamarine: WWW Philatelic Publishers. Vols 1 and 2. |
A detailed description of all the hand stamps used at Victorian Post Offices whose name begins with the letters A through G. So massive an analysis that, unfortunately, time constraints from busy schedules prevented the continuation of the work. |