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STAMP - KELMSCOTT VOLUNTEER BUSHFIRE BRIGADE (INC.)

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
Plastic
Wood
Width
62 mm
Height or length
58 mm
Inscriptions and markings

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

Keywords
Bush Fires
Kelmscott
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
Last modified
Thursday, 14 November, 2024
Completeness
72
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