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POSTAGE STAMP & ARMADALE POSTMARK

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1983

Overview

A rectangular cream coloured piece of paper, with a 27c Australian stamp featuring a blue and black Ulysses butterfly, below an orange and red lantana flower, on a white background.

Above the stamp is a circular postmark with text: [ARMADALE / 7 SEP 1983 / W.A.6112].

Historical information

The stamp had been postmarked by the Armadale Post Office on the 7th of September 1983. The Armadale Post Office opened on the corner of Jull Street and Commerce Avenue on the 1st of September 1898 and operated at that site until c2008 when the post office moved into the recently redeveloped Armadale Shopping City.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2017.48

Themes

People
Social History

Width

56 mm

Height or length

35 mm

Inscriptions and markings

postmark [ARMADALE / 7 SEP 1983 / W.A.6112]

Keywords

Year

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
Australian 27c stamp franked at Armadale Post Office on the 7th of September 1983.
Example of post office practice at a time when letters were a common method of communication. Stamps were attached with the individual postmark from the post office where the letter was sent. The post mark also represents the existence of the Armadale Post office which operated on the corner of Jull Street and Commercial Avenue from the 1st of September 1898 to c2008 when the Armadale Post Office moved into then recently expanded and redeveloped Armadale Shopping City.

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

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