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Collingwood is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, so postmarks are common.
However, this particular postmark has a recorded usage of 30 October 1939 to 6 December 1940, and is rated RRR. This example is clearly dated 6 OC 39 (although the 6 may be an inverted 9), making it the earliest recorded date by 24 days.
For it to be an almost complete example is an absolute bonus
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During WWII, many military camps were created, some for a very short time. Military post office cancels from the period are usually crisp and I have many.
This is my scarcest. Mil. P.O. Wangaratta was opened 26 June 1940 and closed 31 January 1941, so was only open for a little over seven months. This example is dated 17 JY 40
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Another scarce MILPO. MIL PO SEYMOUR No 25A. The postmark is very indistinct, but I think it's 2? JA 43.
This military base in Victoria had a number of post offices during WWII, but this one was open for only 20 months from August 1941 to April 1943.
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Hi Dave,
Thanks for sharing this information. What resource are you using to determine the rarity of these postmarks>
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There's an online reference here https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/po.w?
The Post Offices and Hand-Held Datestamps of Victoria Vols 1 & 2 (A-G)
and Phil Collas's book
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Thanks for the information Dave.
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The post office at the Prisoner of War Camp at Cowra (NSW) was open from October 1941 to January 1947.
The camp was the site of the (in)famous Cowra Breakout which you can read about here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowra_breakout
This is, no doubt, a favour cancel, but it's one of only two complete examples I've handled
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My favourite area of Australian postmark collecting is the cut-down relief stamps of NSW.
Old cancellers were reduced to one or two letters to be used as relief stamps. They pop up from time to time and I have a hundred or so
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South Monegatta (Vic) open from 1911 to 1917. The earliest recorded date is 25 August 1913, the last recorded date 10 June 1916. Sadly, this postmark is missing the year by about 2mm!
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"T.O. Brown Coal Mine", 1918-1947, with this cancel in use from 1922 to 1932, rated RR. Renamed Yallourn North
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Martin's Creek, Victoria, open from 1953 to 1966, and rated RRRR. This copy is the earliest recorded date, 12 NO 59
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Very interesting. Thank you for posting.
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Nice thread!
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Not particularly scarce, but a lovely SON. Numeral 398 rays of Wanganella NSW. Wanganella is a tiny town, with the population of a few hundred people.
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That's a lovely strike. The Tasmanian pictorials take a postmark well
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Nice SON cancels.
I collect a few world wide countries and I am always happy to place SON cancels in my collection, even if they are not for the countries I collect.
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I found this a while ago, and it was a nice find (yes, I love postmarks).
Collingwood is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, so postmarks are common.
However, this particular postmark has a recorded usage of 30 October 1939 to 6 December 1940, and is rated RRR. This example is clearly dated 6 OC 39 (although the 6 may be an inverted 9), making it the earliest recorded date by 24 days.
For it to be an almost complete example is an absolute bonus
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During WWII, many military camps were created, some for a very short time. Military post office cancels from the period are usually crisp and I have many.
This is my scarcest. Mil. P.O. Wangaratta was opened 26 June 1940 and closed 31 January 1941, so was only open for a little over seven months. This example is dated 17 JY 40
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Another scarce MILPO. MIL PO SEYMOUR No 25A. The postmark is very indistinct, but I think it's 2? JA 43.
This military base in Victoria had a number of post offices during WWII, but this one was open for only 20 months from August 1941 to April 1943.
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Hi Dave,
Thanks for sharing this information. What resource are you using to determine the rarity of these postmarks>
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There's an online reference here https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/po.w?
The Post Offices and Hand-Held Datestamps of Victoria Vols 1 & 2 (A-G)
and Phil Collas's book
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Thanks for the information Dave.
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The post office at the Prisoner of War Camp at Cowra (NSW) was open from October 1941 to January 1947.
The camp was the site of the (in)famous Cowra Breakout which you can read about here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowra_breakout
This is, no doubt, a favour cancel, but it's one of only two complete examples I've handled
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My favourite area of Australian postmark collecting is the cut-down relief stamps of NSW.
Old cancellers were reduced to one or two letters to be used as relief stamps. They pop up from time to time and I have a hundred or so
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South Monegatta (Vic) open from 1911 to 1917. The earliest recorded date is 25 August 1913, the last recorded date 10 June 1916. Sadly, this postmark is missing the year by about 2mm!
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"T.O. Brown Coal Mine", 1918-1947, with this cancel in use from 1922 to 1932, rated RR. Renamed Yallourn North
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Martin's Creek, Victoria, open from 1953 to 1966, and rated RRRR. This copy is the earliest recorded date, 12 NO 59
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Very interesting. Thank you for posting.
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Nice thread!
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Not particularly scarce, but a lovely SON. Numeral 398 rays of Wanganella NSW. Wanganella is a tiny town, with the population of a few hundred people.
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That's a lovely strike. The Tasmanian pictorials take a postmark well
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Nice SON cancels.
I collect a few world wide countries and I am always happy to place SON cancels in my collection, even if they are not for the countries I collect.
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