A large number of Telegraph Offices in Western Australia were issued with date stamps for use with Telegrams and with ordinary mail. A listing of the date stamps with the inscription TELEGRAPH OFFICE is given below with details provided elsewhere via the hyperlinks.
Perth is described in the CTO section. Most of the oval date stamps are very rare - some with only one or two examples known. Click on the following hyperlink for details of the Australian classification scheme for Telegraph date stamps. |
The various examples can be viewed by first clicking on the first letter of the name of the Telegraph Office in the Table below 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 (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Albany K.G.S. | RO6 - TO in red (25 × 38 mm). | 2 Dec. 1889 - 18 Sept. 1890. | |
Albany | RO2 - TO (29 × 48 mm) Albany at the base. | 19 July 1965. | |
RO2 - TO ( 30 × 49 mm) Albany, W.A. 6330 at the base. |
10 October 1975. | ||
RR1 - TO ( 31 × 59 mm) Albany, W.A. 6330 at the base. |
24 December 1969. | ||
Applecross | RO1 - TO. | ||
Armadale | RO2 - TO | ||
Arthur River | RO6 - TO in violet. | 9 December 1901 - 3 April 1908. |
B | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Black Flag | RO7 - TO. | 14 December 1899 | |
Boorabbin | SC1 - TO. WA at base (30 mm diameter). | 12 June 1906,
21 Dec 1912,12 June 1914, 10 August 1914 and 27 Jan 1913. |
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Boulder | RO7 - TO | 31 August 1916. | |
RO2 - TO | 1944 - 1947 | ||
Bulong | RO6 - TO in violet | ||
Bunbury | RO7 - TO | 17 June 1919. | |
SC1 - TO (29 mm diameter). | 30 July 1938 - 22 March 1943. |
C | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Carroling | About 1872. | ||
Claremont Showground (has Telegraph Off. inscription) |
RO6 - TO | about 1905 | |
Claremont | RO5-TO | July 1971 | |
Cookernup | RO7 - TO | about 1900 | |
Coolgardie | RO6 - TO | about 1896 | |
Cossack | RO6 - TO | 7 October 1898 |
D | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Day Dawn | RO6 - TO | About 1896 - 10 March 1897 | |
Donnybrook (in black). | RO6-TO (29 × 50 mm). | 10 May 1941. |
E | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
East Fremantle | RO2 - TO (32 × 50 mm). | 5 October 1948. | |
RO7 - TO (30 × 52 mm) | 4 March 1946 to 1948. |
F | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Fitzroy River | RO6 - TO | about 1898 | |
Fremantle (used in red). | RO2 - TO (31 × 49 mm). | 1 August 1901 to 27 December 1901. | |
(1.2 mm arcs at either end) | RO7 - TO (25 × 47 mm). | 7 August 1905 to 25 August 1905. | |
(large dots at either end) | RO7 - TO (23 × 48 mm). | 31 January 1911. | |
(FREMANTLE. at base) | RO7 - TO (22 × 47 mm). | 29 May 1919. | |
(Fremantle WA at base). | SC1 - TO (29 mm diameter). | 5 August 1933 to 20 July 1955. | |
WA Aust at base. | SC1 - TO (31 mm diameter). | 1962+ | |
WA and postcode at base. | RC1 - TO (34 mm diameter). | 1968+ | |
WA and postcode at base. | RC2 - TO (37 mm diameter). | 1968+ |
G | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Goongarrie | RO6 - TO in violet | 5 March 1896 to 30 January 1897. | |
RO2 - TO | |||
Greenbushes | RO6 - TO. | January 1900 and January 1901. | |
Greenough | RO6 - TO | ||
Guilford | RO6 - TO |
H | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Horrocks | RO2-TO | Included but maybe the P&TO was the issued format and not this cited in another source. |
J | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Jarrahdale (in blue) | RO6 - TO (27 × 45 mm). | 23 March 1904. | |
K | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Kalgoorlie | RO2 - TO | 1900 - 29 June 1903 | |
SC1-TO | 10 December 1918 to 18 October 1946. | ||
Katanning | RO7 - TO (23 × 48 mm). | 5 October 1914. | |
RO6 - TO (31 × 52 mm). | 16 August 1943. | ||
Kellerberin (only one "r"). | RO6 - TO (28 × 44 mm). | 29 January 1896 - 10 July 1897. |
L | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Lake View | RO7-TO | 18 August 1904. | |
Laverton | RO2 - TO (25 × 49 mm). | June/July 1900. | |
Lawlers | RO2 - TO | about 1898 | |
Leederville | RO2 - TO (31 × 47 mm). | 3 August 1946. |
M | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Marble Bar | RO7 - TO | about 1900. | |
Meekatharra | RO2 - P&T | about 1962. | |
Menzies | RO6 - TO (2 digit year) | about 1904. | |
RO6 - TO (4 digit year) | 18 Sept. 1904. | ||
RO6 - P&TO | 5 & 16 September 1904. | ||
RO7 - TO | 7 July 1915. | ||
Minginew | RO6 - TO | ||
Mount Lawley | RO2 - TO | about 1944. | |
Mount Malcolm | RO6 - TO in blue | 19 August 1897. | |
RO6 - TO in violet. | 15 December 1897. | ||
Mount Margaret | RO7 - TO | about 1899. |
N | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Nedlands | RO6 - TO | 1930s | |
Newcastle | RO6 - TO | about 1894 | |
Newman | RO2-TO | 27 September 1976. | |
Nullagine | RO6 - TO (27 × 44 mm). | 5 June 1899 - 10 September 1900 |
O | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Onslow | RO6 - TO. | 24 January 1898. |
P | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Pinjarra | RO7 - TO | About 1914. |
R | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Rottnest | RO2 - TO. | About 1916. |
S | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Southern Cross | RO6 - TO | 25 May 1904 | |
Subiaco | RO6 - TO | about 1905 |
W | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
Wagin (Telegraph Office in lower case font). |
RO6 - TO | ||
Wagin (Telegraph Office in upper case font). |
RO6 - TO | ||
William(s) River | RO6 - TO | Sept. 1900 and 1908 |
Y | Office | Type (h × w) | Dates of use. |
York | RO6 - TO | 25 July and 30 August 1904. | |
Yuin (WESTn AUSTRALIA at the base) |
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