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Melbourne - various slogan date stamps.

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The nine slogans used at Melbourne are:

1. SEND A TELEGRAM;
2. SEND GREETINGS BY TELEGRAM;
3. SEND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS BY TELEGRAM;
4. CONVEY CONGRATULATIONS ....
5. HAPPY THOUGHTS;
6. TELEGRAMS: SPEEDY, RELIABLE, EFFECTIVE.
7. 100 YEARS OF TELEGRAPH SERVICE;
8. OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE CENTENARY.
9. A TELEGRAPHIC CODE ADDRESS ...

The hyperlinks divert to the main Melbourne pages or to details below of the four slogans used at Melbourne but for which only a few examples of each have been recorded.

 

1. CONVEY CONGRATULATIONS BY TELEGRAPH ...
2. HAPPY THOUGHTS;
3. TELEGRAMS: SPEEDY, RELIABLE, EFFECTIVE.
4. OVERLAND TELEGRAPH CENTENARY: 1872 - 1972.

 

CONVEY CONGRATULATIONS BY TELEGRAPH ON SPECIALLY DESIGNED FORMS.

Two dies are recorded for this slogan at Melbourne. Both a boxed date stamps with no number.

Datestamp: Box; Number: none; Base inscription: VICTORIA. Characteristics: Die 4: C (of CONVEY) spans the GR of CONGRATULATIONS and starts from about the middle of G; The last three lines are indented compared with CO; The H at the end of line 3 spans NS at the end of line 3. DD-MM above time. Only recorded date of this format: 21 March 1940. Number in Census: 2.	21 March 1940.
Datestamp: Box; Number: none; Base inscription: VICTORIA. Characteristics: Die 2: C of CONVEY is above the NG below. S and H at the end os lines 2 and 3 are aligned. The slogan component is very wide. It is most likely the cover became slowed as it went through processing. Only recorded date of this format: 18 April 1941. Number in Census: 1.	18 April 1941.

 

HAPPY THOUGHTS ....

Three dies are recorded for this slogan at Melbourne:

• circle date stamp with ! at the end of line 1;
• box date stamp with no ! at the end of line 1 and time, day/month then year;
• box date stamp with no ! at the end of line 1 and day/month, time then year.

HAPPY THOUGHTS .... Datestamp: Circle (diameter: 21 mm). Base inscription: VIC. AUST. Characteristics: Die 1A: Has ! at the end on line 1. First three lines are left aligned. Earliest date of this format: 20 December 1940. Latest date recorded: 23 December 1940. Number in the Census: 3.	20 December 1940.
HAPPY THOUGHTS .... Datestamp: Box. Base inscription: VICTORIA. Characteristics: Die 3: Has no ! at the end on line 1. No spaces between the the three words in line 3. TIME then DD-MM and YEAR in date stamp. Earliest date of this format: 20 December 1940. Latest date recorded: 6 January 1941. Number in the Census: 7.	20 December 1940.
HAPPY THOUGHTS .... Datestamp: Box. Base inscription: VICTORIA. Characteristics: Die 3: Has no ! at the end on line 1. No spaces between the the three words in line 3. DD-MM then TIMEand YEAR in date stamp. Only recorded date of this format: 20 December 1940. Number in the Census: 1.	24 December 1940.

 

TELEGRAMS: SPEEDY, RELIABLE, EFFECTIVE.

Two dies are recorded for this slogan at Melbourne:

• box date stamp with VICTORIA at the base with the time above both date lines;
• box date stamp with PAID at the base with no time line.

Datestamp: Circle. Base inscription: VIC. AUST. Characteristics: Die 3: R and E are roughly aligned but the E of TEL.. is to the left. Only recorded date of this format: 22 July 1940. Number in the Census: 1.
Datestamp: Box. Base inscription: VICTORIA. Characteristics: Die 1: E, R and E are roughly aligned. Earliest date of this format: 23 July 1940. Latest date recorded: 24 July 1940. Number in the Census: 4.	23 July 1940.
Datestamp: Box. Base inscription: PAID. Characteristics: Die 1: E, R and E are roughly aligned Only recorded date of this format: 26 July 1940. Number in the Census: 1.	26 July 1940.

OVERLAND TELEGRAPH CENTENARY 1872-1972.

Three dies for this slogan are recorded at Melbourne:

• box date stamp with code 10;
• box date stamp with code 11;
• box date stamp with code 14;

Datestamp: Box. Number: 10. Base inscription: VIC-3000. Characteristics: Has DD-MM, then Time then Year. Only recorded date of this format: 28 August 1972. Number in the Census: 1.	28 August 1972.
Datestamp: Box. Number: 11. Base inscription: VIC-3000. Characteristics: Has DD-MM, then Time then Year. Only recorded date of this format: 24 August 1972. Number in the Census: 1.	24 August 1972.
Datestamp: Box. Box number: 14. Base inscription: VIC-3000. Characteristics: Has DD-MM, then Time then Year. Only recorded date of this format: 22 August 1972. Number in the Census: 1.	22 August 1972.