The date stamps listed on this page are all headed Telegraph Section.
All date stamps are rubber unless otherwise indicated. The date stamps are circular (RC), oval (RO) or rectangular (RR).
Click on the following hyperlink for details of the Australian classification scheme for Telegraph date stamps.
The 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.
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. |
Ararat | RC1-TS (32 mm diameter). | 29 September 1988. |
B | Office | Type | Dates of use. |
Bayswater (in red) | RRH1-TS (37 × 63.5 mm). | 9 July 1977 - 30 September 1981. | |
Bayswater (in violet). | RRH1-TS (37.5 × 67 mm). | 12 August 1988. |
C | Office | Type | Dates of use. |
Carnegie | RRH1 - TS (29 × 43 mm) in violet. | 20 April 1979. WWW give 10 June 1980 as being the only recorded date. |
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Clayton | RO2 - TS (33 × 52 mm). | 20 March 1971 (only one example recorded). | |
Colac | RRH1-TS (25 × 42 mm). | 4 September 1981 to 23 October 1985. |
F | Office | Type | Dates of use. |
Ferntree Gully | RRH1-TS (25 × 51 mm). | 22 July 1985 to 19 February 1988. | |
Footscray | RRH1-TS (27 × 37½ mm) - violet ink. | 18 March 1982. | |
RRH1-TS (26½ × 37 mm) - date line centered. | 15 April 1983 to 20 February 1987. | ||
RRH1-TS (26½ × 37 mm) - magenta ink. | 15 April 1983. | ||
RRH1-TS (27½ × 37½ mm) - thick letters in violet ink. | 23 June 1988. |
K | Office | Type | Dates of use. |
Kyneton | RO1-TS | 18 April 1990 (archival strike). |
L | Office | Type | Dates of use. |
Lakes Entrance | RO2-T (33.5 × 53 mm). | No date. |
M | Office | Type | Dates of use. |
Mansfield | RR1-TS (27 × 42 mm). | 20 January 1978 in violet. | |
Mooroolbark | RO2-TS (32½ × 49 mm). | 30 November 1979 in red. |
N | Office | Type | Dates of use. |
Niddrie | RO2-TS (32 × 51 mm). | 19 February 1982 in violet. |
P | Office | Type | Dates of use. |
Prahran | RO2 - TS (33 × 50 mm) | 4 November 1966 in violet. |
S | Office | Type | Dates of use. |
Seymour | RRH1-TS (30 × 39 mm). | 8 December 1981 (only recorded date). | |
South Melbourne | RRH1-TS (28 × 49 mm). | 28 December 1983 (only recorded date - archival). | |
Springvale | RO2-TS (31 × 49 mm). | 16 February 1976. | |
RC1-TS (37 mm diameter). | 4 October 1988 (only recorded date - archival) | ||
Surry Hills | RRH1-TS (27 × 45 mm). | 13 November 1969. |
W | Office | Type | Dates of use. |
Warracknabeal | RO3-TS (31 mm diameter). | 7 July 1977 (only recorded example). | |
RO3-TS (35 mm diameter). | 8 October 1981 to 17 October 1985.. |