Victoria TO date stamps A to E

Victoria: 1917-1988.
Telegraph Office date stamps.

The date stamps listed on this page are all headed Telegraph Office.

All date stamps are rubber unless otherwise indicated.

The shape of the date stamps varies from circular (RC) to oval (RC) to rectangular (RR).

Each date stamp can be accessed through the relevant hyperlink. For those Offices without a hyperlink, the Telegraph Office date stamp is considered to exist but no example has been seen in the preparation of this site.

The various examples can be viewed by first clicking on the first letter of the name of the Telegraph Office and then scrolling down the subsequent list before clicking on the name of the Office.

Altona

Ararat

Ascot Vale

B	Bacchus March	Ballarat (2-3 CK) Balwyn North Bayswater	Benalla Telegraph Office 1 rectangular and one circular.
	Bendigo Telegraph Office. Two sizes and one RO6, the other RO2 or 3.	Bentleigh - Telegraph Office RRV - TO in violet. 4 February 1963. Broken rectangle. Office only. Size: 33 × 29 mm. Date not listed by WWW. Rated: RRRR. 5 versions.	Berwick - Telegraph Office RC1 - TO in violet. 23 August 1988 - only recorded date and probably last day of service. Office, postcode and telephone. Diameter: 30.5 mm Premier Postal Auctions.
	Box Hill Telegraph 16 June 1981. RO6 - T.	Boronia Box Hill × 4 Brighton
	Broadmeadows TELEGRAPH (1 oval and two unframed).	Brunswick Telegraph Office	Bundoora

C		Carlton South Telegraph Office. RO6-TO. 2 February 1982. Size: 30 × 50 mm (e = 0.80). Used on AT-DO-15B.
	Canterbury - Telegraph Office. No State, etc. 23 March 1955. RRV - TO in violet. Size: 34 × 31 mm. Unrecorded in Watson et al (1989).	Carnegie - Telegraph Section. RRH - TS in violet. 20 December 1979. Office, state and postcode. Size: 29 × 43 mm. WWW give only recorded date as 10 June 1980. Rated RRR. Used on AT-DO-15B.	Casterton - Telegraph Office. RO2-TO in magenta. 11 September 1984 (only known date). Has postcode. Size: 33 × 50 mm. Rated: RRR.
	Caulfield - Telegraph Office. RO2 - TO in violet. 3 October 1942. Office and district number. Size: 30 × 46 mm (e = 0.76) Used on AW-DO-9Ac. Not listed in WWW.		Caulfield South - Telegraph Office RRH - TO in violet 6 July 1968. Office only. Size: 26 × 38 mm.JF Used on AA-DO-13D. Watson et al previously recorded its use only for 15 June 1987. Rated RRR.
	Caulfield East - Telegraph Office. RRH -TO in violet. 15 December 1956. Office and district number. Size: 25 × 44 mm. Used on AW-GCF-54Ab. Not listed in WWW.	Caulfield East - Telegraph Office. RC1 - TO in red. 6 January 1977 on piece. Telephone number and post code. Diameter: 33 mm. Not listed in Watson et al.

Cheltenham - Telegraph Office.
RRH1 - TO.
17 April 1975.

27 × 48 mm.
Previously recorded usage from 8 Jan 1984 to
30 August 1885 by Watson, Webster and Wood.
Rated RRR.
Tasmanian Stamp Auctions Aug 2013.

Clayton - Telgraph Section.
20 March 1971.
RO2 - TO.

Size: 33 × 52 mm (e = 0.77).
Only recorded example.

Rated: RRRRR.

Cburg 1957
Coburg Telegraph Office.
22 November 1957.
Rectangular rubber date stamp - RRH - TO.

Size: 25 × 43 mm.

Colac 1983
Colac Telegraph Section
29 September 1983.
RRH-TS.
Size: 25 × 42 mm.

Used on AT-DO-14C.

Rated RR.

Cranbourne - Telegraph.
RO2 - T in violet.
21 December 1988 - only recorded date so probably last day of service.
Office and postcode.

Size: 33.5 × 53 mm (e = 0.77).

Rated RRR.
Premier Postal Auctions June 2014, Lot 2294.

D	Degraves Street - Telegraph. 6 February 1985 - earliest recorded date. RO2 - T in magenta. Diameter: 33 mm. Rated: RRR Premier Postal November 2013 Lot 6110537.	Daylesford - Telegraph Office 20 October 1982 (only recorded date). RO2 - TO in violet. Office only. 31.5 × 55 mm (e = 0.82). Premier Auctions December 2012 Lot 2556.
	Doncaster	Dromana

Echuca Telegraph Office:
19 December 1957 (only recorded date).
Double oval date stamp (30 × 50 mm (e = 0.80).

Rated RRRR.

Echuca Telegraph Office:
13 June 1966 (only recorded date).
Double oval date stamp (29 × ? mm).

Rated RRRR.

Eltham
Eltham Telegraph Office.
21 December 1978.
Circular date stamp RO2-TO.

Diameter: 32 mm.

Rated: RRRR (unlisted in WWW).

Used on AT-DO-14A.

Essendon - Telegraph.
19 February 1982 (only recorded date).
RO2 - T date stamp

(29 × 47).

Rated: RRR.

Telegraph Essendon.
30 June 1986.
RO2 - T.
Size: 28 × 44 (e = 0.77).

Used between 23 January 1985 to 30 June 1986
Rated: RRR.

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