Author: thedigitalphilatelist

A pictorial postmarker was provided in Melbourne from 6th to 16th April, 1974, during the Golden Jubilee Scottish Festival, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of thye Victorian Highland Pipe Band Association. The organisation was formed at Geelong on 12 April, 1924, and is the oldest of its type in Australia.…

  Pictorial Postmarker A special posting box and pictorial postmarker were introduced at the new Post Office Museum, located at 90 Swan Street, Richmond, Victoria, on 5th April, 1974, for continuing use. The museum, which contains displays of historical items associated with the Post Office, provides Victoria with its first…

A souvenir cover and six pictorial postmarkers were provided on 16th March, 1974, to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth in Lincolnshire, England, of explorer Matthew Flinders (1774-1814). Flinders’ most important voyage of discovery was his circumnavigation in 1801-3 of Australia in HMS Investigator in which he charted many miles…

A pictorial postmarker was provided at a temporary post office at Melbourne, from 1st March to 11th March, 1974, during this year’s Moomba Festival. The design for the postmarker was the same as that used during the 1973 Moomba Festival. A total of 6496 articles, including 25 registered, were cancelled…