About this object

Registration label from Registration Branch GPO Perth, blue, rectangular, dated 08 September 1957.

Envelope is addressed to 'Mr BD O'Shannassy/36 Glenroyd Street/Mount Lawley 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 GPO Perth RS 5 (E30-RS5-c type).

Object details
Museum accession number
H2020.2355
Type
Registration label
Label Date
Label Place
Registration Branch GPO Perth
Addressed to
Mr BD O'Shannassy/36 Glenroyd Street/Mount Lawley WA
Style
print letters
Shape
rectangular
Colour
blue
REGISTRATION LABEL
Label number
9520.0
COVER
Cover media
First Day Cover
Cover text
Australian Pacific Traders Ltd., 38 Mounts Bay Road
MARKS & STAMPS
Postmark type
E30-RS5-c
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
GPO Perth RS 5
Other marks on front

typed 'FIRST DAY COVER/SESQUICENTENARY OF/NEWCASTLE NEW SOUTH WALES/AUSTRALIA/8th SEPTEMBER 1947'

REVERSE MARKS
Postal markings on reverse
GPO PERTH RS 5
MT LAWLEY
Other marks on reverse

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Citations and licences
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Western Australian Museum 2025, Registration Label, Registration Branch GPO Perth (with E30-RS5-c type postmark), 1957, accessed 4 July 2025, <https://collections.museum.wa.gov.au/collection/hanekamp-postal-collection/object/1569>.
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