Bassendean. Was originally known as West Guilford and the change of name was gazetted in 1922. A Receiving Office was opened at West Guilford on 15 January 1906 which was changed to an Administrative Office on 3 December 1906. The Office was issued with two rubber Post & Telegraph Office date stamps: |
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1. Post & Telegraph date stamp (RO6-P&TO):
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11 February 1928. Used on AB-DO-3D. |
2. Post & Telegraph date stamp (RO7-P&TO):
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Used on AB-GCF-34A. |
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23 March 1965. |
A Post & Telegraph Office was opened at Blackboy Hill on 29 August 1914 and it was closed on 30 November 1918. It was again reopened on 1 March 1929 but renamed Greenmount Hill on 1 November 1932. The site was used as a military training camp due the troop buildup of World War 1. In following years the camp was used as an isolation hospital for treating people with the Spanish flu and, during the 1930s, to accommodate unemployed relief workers. Blackboy Hill was named after the famous and wonderful Australian native black boy plants - Xanthorrhoea preissii - which once dominated the area. PS: See also Tit-Bit #7. |
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A rubber oval Post & Telegraph Office date stamp (RO7-P&TO) was issued to the office:
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ACE Stamp Auctions: |
Perth North, which had been opened as a Post & Telegraph Office on 14 August 1894, changed name on 1 April 1898 to Brisbane Street. |
No date stamp is recorded for either office for use with telegraphs. |
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A rubber oval Telegraph Office date stamp (RO2-TO) was used at Claremont.
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1 March 1963. Used on AW-EC-2. |
A rubber oval Telegraph Office date stamp (RO5-TO) was used at Claremont.
The triple oval format (RO5-TO) is the only known example of this format used for a date stamp for a Telegraph Office. |
27 July 1971. Used on AA-DO-13D.
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An Office at the Claremont Showground was issued with two types of Telegraph date stamps:
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Cottesloe.
A Receiving Office was opened at Cottlesloe in October 1894. It was upgraded to a Post & Telegraph Office on 22 November 1897. |
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At least five types of date stamps appear to have been issued to Cottesloe for telegram use:
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19 September 1899. Used on a Lands Department OHMS cover sent from Perth on 15 September 1899. It finally reached the Dead Letter Office on 20 October 1899. |
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27 July 1909. |
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12 September 1944. Used on AW-DO-10D (43). |
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2 January 1936 - in blue. Used on AB-DO-8F. |
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7 February 1938 - in violet. Used on Social Telegram AB-GSF-36. |
The Post & Telegraph Office is reported to have been opened on 23 December 1871. However, on 6 August 1873, the Perth Inquirer reported that "the new post and telegraph offices were opened on Saturday the 2nd instant. The building being close to the Court House, in the centre of the town, is much more convenient than formerly, and provides very suitable offices, and living-rooms for the postmaster. In addition to these improvements other arrangements now made will afford further benefits and facilities to the public". Maybe the December date relates to the official ceremony - or is incorrect. A Post Office had previously been opened 22 February 1835. |
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Guilford Post & Telegraph Office about 1950. |
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Three rubber oval date stamps for use with telegraph matters are known to have been issued to Guilford: | |
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23 December 1896. Used on WC-DO-4Ca with delivery envelope. |
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19 October 1903. On a Office of Titles OHMS cover sent from Perth on 5 September 1903 to Ellens Brook but arriving at the Dead Letter Office on30 October 1903. |
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15 October 1975. |
Opened as a Post & Telegraph Office on 1 April 1898 when Perth East was renamed. The latter had been opened as a Post & Telegraph Office on 10 June 1895. |
No date stamp is recorded for either office for use with telegraphs. |
The Telegraph Office was opened on 11 September 1897. Another Post & Telegraph Office was opened at West Leederville. |
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Seven formats for date stamps were issued for use with telegrams at Leederville: | ||
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17 December 1908 . Used on a well marked cover from Perth to Leederville to the Dead Letter Office. |
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8 June 1910. On piece of envelope with UNKNOWN BY LETTER CARRIER. |
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7 June 1912. |
17 July 1915. |
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15 October 1915. Used on the reverse side of a large registered cover sent from Apia, Samoa on 14 September 1915 to Subiaco and redirected to Leederville. The postage charge was paid with six New Zealand stamps overprinted SAMOA in black (3) or red (3). |
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12 June 1918. |
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Used on AB-DU-8A. |
Used on AB-DU-9Gb. |
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3 August 1946. Used on AB-DU-10Ab (44). |
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Maylands. The Official Post & Telegraph Office opened on |
Maylands Post & Telegraph Office about 1940. |
Four formats were used at Maylands for oval date stamps issued for telegraphs:
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11 November 1915. Premier Auctions May 1916. |
13 December 1915. |
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In the south east section of Suburban Perth, the location at the junction of the Rockingham-Jarrahdale rail line had previously been called Jarrahdale Junction. It than change name to Manjedal and then to Mundijong in about 1898. A Post & Telegraph Office was opened in about 1897 but then downgraded progressively until it became an Allowance Office in 1906. Two rubber oval date stamps appear to have been issued to the office for use with telegraphic matters: |
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1. A rubber oval RO6-P&T on the transfer from Manjedal.
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2. A rubber oval RO7-P&T.
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18 January 1905. |
In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday 31 July 1894, the Colonial Treasurer stated that Post and Telegraph Offices would be shortly established at North Perth and East Perth. North Perth was established as an Allowance Office on 1 December 1902. In 1903, it became a Receiving Office located on Angove Street. It became an Official Office in October 1912. The date stamp shows clearly the Office was a Post & Telegraph Office before either of those designations. Even so, it appears that planning for a Post Office really started in May 1905 when an architect - Michael Cavanagh - agreed to sell a block of land opposite the new North Perth Town Hall to the Post Master General’s Department. Despite that initiative, the Post-Master General was quoted in The West Australian in July 1909 maintaining that the creation of a Post Office for North Perth was not yet required:
In 1916, the North Perth Post Office and its attached postmaster/postmistress residence was finally constructed. Designed by architect Hillson Beasley, the new building cost £1,720. |
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It was considered in some sources that North Perth had been issued with a rubber oval date stamp for use with telegraph matters but no details of the design were previously recorded.
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15 March 1898. Only known example. |
The Palace Hotel was a three storey building constructed in 1897 on the corner of St Georges Terrace and William Street in Perth. It was described as being "... one of the most beautiful and elegant hotels in Australasia". Its central position made it an important landmark in Perth. Many commercial travellers used the Palace Hotel as a base. The need for a communications centre was readily appreciated and a Post & Telegraph Office was opened almost immediately - on 8 July 1897. |
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A rubber oval date stamp (RO6-P&TO) was issued to the Office.
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15 November 0?. |
Nedlands.
No special date stamp for Telegraphs appears to have been issued to Nedlands. |
Two types of rubber oval date stamp were issued to the South Perth Telegraph Office:
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29 September 1914. |
29 July 1915. |
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Victoria Park.
A Post & Telegraph Office was opened on 1 December 1898. It was downgraded to an Allowance Office on 1 September 1904. It became an Official Office on 24 December 1912. Six date stamps are recorded for use with telegraphs at Victoria Park. Four of these are rubber and two appear to be steel. |
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30 May 1901. |
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18 March 1939. Used on Congratulations form GCF-34B. |
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22 October 1949. |
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No details available.
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Victoria Park East Post Office about 1950. |