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City of Armadale - History House > Records

STAMP - KELMSCOTT VOLUNTEER BUSHFIRE BRIGADE (INC.)

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Overview

Red plastic conical handle attached to white rectangle head. Moulded text on top of handle. On underside are raised carved letters stained in dark blue. The words on the stamp are carved backwards. The carved text when stamped would read [KELMSCOTT VOLUNTEER / BUSHFIRE BRIGADE (INC.)]

Historical information

This office stamp used by the Kelmscott Volunteer Bushfire Brigade on their documentation. The unit was made up of local volunteers and ran between 1970 and 1993.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2020.12

Themes

Art and Design
Social History

Material

Width

62 mm

Height or length

58 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Handle text [VUESTAMP AUSTRALIA VUESTAMP AUSTRALIA VUESTAMP WORLD PAT.PEND.]

Keywords

Kelmscott Bush Fire Brigade

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
A rare example of an item that represented the Kelmscott Volunteer Fire Brigade which operated between 1970 and 1993.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

City of Armadale - History House

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