Category: Australia

1975 1978 1979

View More Australia Philately: South Yarra (3141)

Hamilton post office is located on 57 Gray Street, Hamilton, Victoria. It was designed by C. H. E. Blackman of the colonial Public Works Department under the aegis of William Wardell, built in 1876, and occupied in 1878. During the 1960s, the post office underwent extensive works. This included the…

View More Australia Philately: Hamilton (3300)

Port Melbourne post office. 1970 1976

View More Australia Philately: Port Melbourne (3207)

In October 1963, the Postmaster General announced the construction of a new post office building at Sale at a cost of £130,000. The prior building was demolished. 1974

View More Australia Philately: Sale (3850)

As previoiusly announced, the 3c and 4c coil stamps are in the same design as the equivalent engraved stamps in sheet form, but the coil stamps have been printed in photogravure, each in three colours. The 3c stamps has a green background, the 4c a red, and in both cases…

View More Australia Philately: 1966 Decimal Definitive Series – 3c Queen Elizabeth II (Coil)

Blacktown post office, on the corner of Flushcombe Road, was opened on On 1 November 1939. The two storey building, the third post office, was demolished in 1970 and a combined post office and telephone exchange built. The post office closed in 1998. 1972 Blacktown became a Philatelic Sales Centre…

View More Australia Philately: Blacktown (2148)

The Adelaide General Post Office was a colonial-era building situated on 141 King William Street on the north-west corner of King William Street and Victoria Square. Postal services operated from the building between 6 May 1872 and 11 October 2019. 1953 A Philatelic Section was opened on 18 May 1953.…

View More Australia Philately: Adelaide G.P.O. (5000)

A new post office was opened at Cheltenham on 29 November 1974. It was designed and supervised by the Department of Housing and Construction. Documentation of the project was by Oscar A. T. Gimesy and Associates. The building was constructed by T. W. Morris and Son Pty Ltd of Mordialloc…

View More Australia Philately: Cheltenham (3192)

The Tamworth Post Office was located on the corner of Fitzroy Street and Peel Street. It was designed by the Colonial Architect’s Office under James Barnet and built by W. C. Cains. In 1966 the first major alteration was undertaken at a cost of $160,000. This work included doubling the…

View More Australia Philately: Tamworth (2340)

Fremantle Post Office, located on Market and Short Streets, was opened on 22 July 1907. 1970 Fremantle became a first day of issue postmarker office on 11 February 1970. 1973

View More Australia Philately: Fremantle (6160)