About this object

Registration label from Wembley, blue, rectangular, dated 18 February 1970.

Envelope is addressed to 'MR RM Baker/PO Box 152/Northam WA 6401.'

Also attached: Postage Paid Counter Label Wembley postage stamp(s); Black ink postmark from no ((not cancelled) type).

Object details
Museum accession number
H2020.2702
Type
Registration label
Label Date
Label Place
Wembley
Addressed to
MR RM Baker/PO Box 152/Northam WA 6401
Style
print letters
Shape
rectangular
Colour
blue
REGISTRATION LABEL
Label number
2250.0
COVER
Cover media
First Day Cover
Cover illustration
illustrated
Cover text
195/OLYMPIC GAMES/MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA/22nd November - 8th December
[embossed, colour illustration of athlete below green Olympic rings]
MARKS & STAMPS
Postmark type
(not cancelled)
Postage stamp type
Postage Paid Counter Label Wembley
FRONT MARKS
Postmark cancellation
no
Other marks on front

violet 'CARD ISSUED'; violet '19 FEB 1970'

REVERSE MARKS
Other marks on reverse

typed 'From MERCURY STAMPS/PO Box 3/Wembley WA 6014'

Citations and licences
Cite this page
Western Australian Museum 2024, Registration Label, Wembley (with (not cancelled) type postmark), 1970, accessed 14 November 2024, <https://collections.museum.wa.gov.au/collection/hanekamp-postal-collection/object/1909>.
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