About this object

Registration label from Geraldton, blue, rectangular, dated 12 May 1939.

Envelope is addressed to 'Mr Alexander Wilson/Railway (?)/Perenjori try Big Bell.'

Also attached: King George V 5d Orange-Brown postage stamp(s); Black ink postmark from Geraldton (D27-a type).

Object details
Museum accession number
H2020.1584
Type
Registration label
Label Date
Label Place
Geraldton
Addressed to
Mr Alexander Wilson/Railway (?)/Perenjori <struck> try Big Bell
Style
print letters
Shape
rectangular
Colour
blue
REGISTRATION LABEL
Label number
3814.0
COVER
Cover media
cover
Cover text
ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE
MARKS & STAMPS
Postage stamp type
King George V 5d Orange-Brown
FRONT MARKS
Postmark cancellation
Geraldton
Other marks on front

violet AR; violet boxed CLERK OF COURTS/GERALDTON; violet UNCLAIMED; 'refused AD Wilson/13 June 1939'

REVERSE MARKS
Other marks on reverse

sticker 'DATE OF NOTICE/Service Non-Service'

Citations and licences
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Western Australian Museum 2024, Registration Label, Geraldton (with D27-a type postmark), 1939, accessed 10 November 2024, <https://collections.museum.wa.gov.au/collection/hanekamp-postal-collection/object/801>.
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