Registration Label, Port Hedland (with C30-b type postmark), 1942

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    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).

    Museum accession number
    H2020.1315
    Associated places
    Dates
    16/09/1942
    Addressed to
    Comptroller of Accounts & Audit/WA Government Railways/Perth
    Style
    print letters
    REGISTRATION LABEL
    Label number
    1782
    COVER
    Cover media
    long cover
    Cover text
    ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE
    MARKS & STAMPS
    Postmark type
    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