About this object

Registration label from Metropolitan Markets, blue, rectangular, dated 08 September 1947.

Envelope is addressed to 'JE Salter/12 Douro Place/West Perth/WA.'

Also attached: Newcastle 1797-1947 Coal 5½d Deep Green; Newcastle 1797-1947 Steel 3½d Deep Blue; Newcastle 1797-1947 Lieut John Shortland RN 2½d Carmine Red postage stamp(s); Black ink postmark from Metropolitan Markets (C27 type).

Object details
Museum accession number
H2020.2077
Type
Registration label
Label Date
Label Place
Metropolitan Markets
Addressed to
JE Salter/12 Douro Place/West Perth/WA
Style
print letters
Shape
rectangular
Colour
blue
REGISTRATION LABEL
Label number
659.0
COVER
Cover media
First Day Cover
Cover illustration
illustrated
Cover text
To commemorate the Sesqui-/Centenary of the Discovery/of Newcastle (1797-1947)
MARKS & STAMPS
Postmark type
C27
Postage stamp type
Newcastle 1797-1947 Coal 5½d Deep Green
Other postage stamp types
Newcastle 1797-1947 Steel 3½d Deep Blue; Newcastle 1797-1947 Lieut John Shortland RN 2½d Carmine Red
FRONT MARKS
Postmark cancellation
Metropolitan Markets
Other marks on front

red sticker 'PLEASE/CANCEL LIGHTLY/PHILATELIC MAIL'

REVERSE MARKS
Postal markings on reverse
METROPOLITAN MARKETS
REGISTERED PERTH
Other marks on reverse

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Citations and licences
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Western Australian Museum 2024, Registration Label, Metropolitan Markets (with C27 type postmark), 1947, accessed 22 November 2024, <https://collections.museum.wa.gov.au/collection/hanekamp-postal-collection/object/1292>.
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