About this object

Registration label from Port Hedland, blue, rectangular, dated 16 September 1942.

Envelope is addressed to 'Comptroller of Accounts & Audit/WA Government Railways/Perth.'

Also attached: Lyrebird 1s Bronze Green postage stamp(s); Black ink postmark from Port Hedland (C30-b type).

Object details
Museum accession number
H2020.1315
Type
Registration label
Label Date
Label Place
Port Hedland
Addressed to
Comptroller of Accounts & Audit/WA Government Railways/Perth
Style
print letters
Shape
rectangular
Colour
blue
REGISTRATION LABEL
Label number
1782
COVER
Cover media
long cover
Cover text
ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE
MARKS & STAMPS
Postmark type
C30-b
Postage stamp type
Lyrebird 1s Bronze Green
FRONT MARKS
Postmark cancellation
Port Hedland
Other marks on front

blue sticker 'BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION'

REVERSE MARKS
Other marks on reverse

black ink '18 SEP 1942'; yellow post-it note pencil manuscript overpaid label

Citations and licences
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Western Australian Museum 2024, Registration Label, Port Hedland (with C30-b type postmark), 1942, accessed 11 November 2024, <https://collections.museum.wa.gov.au/collection/hanekamp-postal-collection/object/533>.
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