About this object

Registration label from Perth, red, rectangular, dated 14 October 1918.

Envelope is addressed to 'S Orlo Smith/Postage Stamp Dealer/Alstons Buildings/300 Collins St/Melbourne Victoria.'

Also attached: King George V 4d Orange (pre-stamped envelope); King George V ½d Green postage stamp(s); Black ink postmark from Registered Perth (ODS 3b type).

Object details
Museum accession number
H2020.2905
Type
Registration label
Label Date
Label Place
Perth
Addressed to
S Orlo Smith/Postage Stamp Dealer/Alstons Buildings/300 Collins St/Melbourne Victoria
Style
print letters
Shape
rectangular
Colour
red
REGISTRATION LABEL
Label number
8013.0
COVER
Cover media
cover
Cover text
REGISTERED LETTER
MARKS & STAMPS
Postmark type
ODS 3b
Postage stamp type
King George V 4d Orange (pre-stamped envelope)
Other postage stamp types
King George V ½d Green
FRONT MARKS
Postmark cancellation
Registered Perth
Other marks on front

stamped 'OWEN FOSTER/POSTAGE STAMP DEALER/14 ROYAL ARCADE/PERTH WA'

REVERSE MARKS
Other marks on reverse

THIS LETTER MUST BE GIVEN TO AN OFFICER OF THE POST OFFICE/TO BE REGISTERED AND RECEIPT OBTAINED FOR IT'; red sealing wax residue

Citations and licences
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Western Australian Museum 2025, Registration Label, Perth (with ODS 3b type postmark), 1918, accessed 2 April 2025, <https://collections.museum.wa.gov.au/collection/hanekamp-postal-collection/object/2059>.
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