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.
First letter of Office name. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q |
R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
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 |
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Bet Bet - T.O. removed. | Used: 7 August 1935 and 7 July 1959. | ||
Broadmeadows T.O. 1 March 1922. Diameter: 26 mm Used: 26 June 1912 to 18 Sept 1928. |
Brown Coal Mine T.O. 21 February 1924. Diameter: 29 mm. |
C | Cann River T.O. Used from 22 October 1913 to 20 January 1922. Rated: RRRRR. |
Used from 26 September 1922 to 21 November 1922. Rated: RRRRR. First wheel of date stamp is inverted. |
Prestige Philately March 2006 Lot 831. Rated: RR.
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Cann River - T.O. partially removed. Used between 21 October 1933 and Rated: RRR. |
Cann River - T.O. completely removed. Used between 28 October 1935 and Rated: R. |
T.O. Caulfield (1942). | T.O. Caulfield East (1956). | T.O. Caulfield South (1968). | |
T.O. Clyde. Cancellation never seen. |
Diameter: 28 mm. |
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Coldstream T.O. Used between 18 December 1917 and 23 November 1922. Rated RR. |
Decade wheel corrected. Used: 28 Sept. 1923 to 16 Aug 1939. |
Used: 6 Nov. 1939 to 5 Jan. 1955. |
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Used: 1 January 1957 to Rated R. |
Coldstream - T.O. partially removed. 30 April 1963. Diameter: 30 mm. Used: 1 January 1957 to 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. |
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Used February 1914 to April 1915. |
D | Dixie T.O. 21 September 1937. Diameter: 28 mm. Western Coast line. 28 July 1924 to 8 August 1940. |
Dixie (T.O. removed).
Western Coast line. 20 March 1941 to 23 December 1957. |
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Drouin South T.O. Date unclear. Diameter: 28.5 mm. 26 October 1915 to 20 January 1930. |
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Links to Victorian T.O. date stamps.
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