Beginning of decimalisation,
1966
Large Label
coloured background of microdots in pale shade of main colour
Scarlet on Pale Scarlet
Cream Paper
Perf 11.25 x 11.5
Stamps produced via Photolithography
Station names in black via Typography
Trafalgar
Trafalgar Post Office opened on 2 June 1879.
Trafalgar was noted for having a cheese factory producing award-winning cheeses. The factory was owned by Petersville from 1960 until its closure in 1990.
The town has a railway station on the Bairnsdale railway line.
Wmk
Catalogue 3.1599
CV=$1.50
Catalogue 3.1590
CV=20c
Spotswood
Spotswood was named after J.S. Spottiswoode (shortened Spotswood), one of the first farmers who owned much of the area in the 1840s.
Was location of headquarters of "Mad Max"
Posted 10/19/2011 03:45 am
