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POSTAGE STAMP & PIONEER WORLD POSTMARK

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1984

Overview

A roughly square shaped piece of cream coloured paper, it has a 30c Australian stamp with a picture of Captain Cook's cottage in black.

To the lower left is a PIONEER WORLD postmark featuring a horse and cart with text above and below: [PIONEER LIFE - AUSTRALIA DAY / PIONEER WORLD / ARMADALE W.A.6112 / 26 JANUARY 1984]

Historical information

At Pioneer World in the 1980s visitors had the option to post a letter which would be stamped with an official Australia Post postmark that recorded that the letter was posted at Pioneer World. This letter was posted on Australia day (January 26) 1984.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2017.47

Themes

People
Social History

Width

56 mm

Height or length

63 mm

Keywords

Australia Day

Pioneer World

COOK James Mr Cpt

Australia Post Corporation

Year

1984

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
Australian postage stamp with a special Pioneer World postmark. The letter that the stamp and post mark are from was posted on Australia Day (26 January) 1984. The stamp and postmark were purchased by Colin Hislop, a stamp collector at an auction.
The postmark represents a marketing tool used by Pioneer World to encourage visitors to post material from their post office. It is part of a small collection of items in the museum that represent a major tourism operation in the district that was regarded as premier state tourism venture.

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Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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