Victoria Telegraph date stamps

Victoria: 1900-1988.
Telegraph date stamps.

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The date stamps listed on this page are all headed Telegraph.

All date stamps are rubber unless otherwise indicated. The shape of the date stamps varies from circular (RC) to oval (RO) to rectangular (RR).

Click on the following hyperlink for details of the Australian classification scheme for Telegraph date stamps.

The various examples of these date stamps with the word TELEGRAPH can be viewed by first clicking on the first letter of the name of the Telegraph Office 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	Dates of use.
	Ashburton	RO2-T (32 × 51 mm).	17 April 1964 (only recorded date).
	Ascot Vale	RRH1-T (24 × 37 mm)	17 January 1983 - 1984.
		RO2-T (33 × 52 mm)	30 July 1986 (only recorded date).

B	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Boronia	RRH1 - T
	Box Hill	RO1 - T (28 × 46.5 mm).	24 December 1963.
	Box Hill	RO2-T (29 × 49 mm).	22 June 1964 - 21 January 1965.
		RO2-T (31.5 × 50 mm).	14 June 1966.
		RO2-T (31.5 × 51 mm).	3 July 1968 - 26 July 1968.
		RO2-T (??)	16 June 1981
	Broadmeadows	RO2-T (31 × 56 mm).	6 May 1982 - 19 January 1983.
	TELEGRAPH at top.	Unframed (13 × 33 mm)	1 August 1986.
	No inscription at top.	Unframed (13 × 33.5 mm)	4 August 1988.
	Burwood	RO2 - T (28 × 48 mm).	6 January 1972.

C	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Camberwell	SC1-T (diameter 30 mm).	24 March 1945.
		RRH1-T (32 × 45 mm).	24 February 1966 - 22 June 1967.
		RRH1-T (35 × 38 mm).	20 March 1968.
	Camberwell (Post Office - TELEGRAPH)	RRH1-T (31 × 50 mm).	14 April 1980 to 11 January 1985.
	Caulfield South	RRH1-T (25 × 43 mm).	15 June 1987 - only recorded date.
	Cranbourne	RO2 - T (33 × 52 mm).	21 September 1988 - only recorded date so probably last day of service.

D	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Degraves St.	RO2 - T (33 mm diameter).	6 February 1985 to 25 February 1986 in magenta ink.
		RO2 - T (33 mm diameter).	25 February 1986 in violet ink.
	Doncaster	RRH1 - T (29 × 48 mm ).	15 February 1985 to 24 January 1986.

E	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Elsternwick	RRH1-T (26 × 49 mm).	5 January 1972.
	Essendon	RO2 - T (29 × 47 mm).	19 February 1982 (archival).
		RO2 - T (27½ × 43½ mm).	23 January 1985 to 30 June 1986 (archival).

F	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Fairfield	RC-TO (diameter: 28½ mm).	4 June 1976 to 2 February 1977.
	Fitzroy	RO2-T (32 × 50 mm)	17 September 1956.
	Frankston	RRH1 - T (37 × 49½ mm)	4 February 1987 to 1988.

G	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Glen Waverley	RO6 - T (33 × 54 mm)	6 January 1973.
	with telephone number.	RO6 - T (29½ × 50 mm).	1 June 1990.

I	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Ivanhoe	RRH1-T (27 × 41 mm).	24 March 1951 to 13 January 1960.

M	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Malvern	RC2-T (37 mm diameter)	18 May 1984 in magenta.
	Mildura	RRH1-T	6 November 1972.
	Moorabbin (has errors of orientation and placement).	RRH1-T (28 × 45 mm).	8 June 1955 to 12 November 1955.
	Mordialloc	RRH1-T (30 × 39 mm).	5 May 1986 (archival).

N	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Northcote	RC1-T (Diameter: 31 mm).	2 May 1984

O	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Oakleigh	RC1-T (Diameter: 38 mm).	11 April 1983.

P	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Port Melbourne	RRH1-T (31 × 39 mm).	13 May 1987.
	Portland	RO2-T (34 × 53 mm).	21 March (missing year slug).
	Puckapanyal Mil PO	RRH1-T (26 × 38 mm).	10 May 1967 and 6 December 1967.

R	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Richmond	RRH1-T (28 × 43 mm)	12 January 1970.
	Ringwood	RO6-T (30 × 60 mm).	12 September 1980.
	Rochester	RRH1-T (27 × 44 mm).	15 March 1963 - 18 March 1963.
	Rosanna	RRH1-T	7 November 1988.

S	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Seymour	RO2-T (26 × 37 mm).	22 June 1983.
	South Yarra	RRH1-T (28 × 44 mm).	23 September 1974.
		RC1-T (29 mm diameter).	18 May 1984 and 27 September 1985.
	Sunshine	RRH1-T (28 × 38 mm).	15 April 1983 (archival - only recorded date)

W	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Warragul	RC2-T VR (35 mm diameter).	1 February 1955.
	Williamstown	RRV1-T (26 × 25 mm).	20 June 1942.

Y	Office	Type	Dates of use.
	Yarrawonga	RRH1-T (31 × 51 mm).	4 September 1984.