1942 Carnegie Victoria Cancel On Identity Card

Hi all
I'm not sure whether could be a cover?
I thought this look interesting?
Amazing to see history!
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What's very interesting is that the current postcode is 3191.
I wonder what the S8 is all about?

I also wonder what the telephone prefix "xw" is all about?
I know it was in the days where the old Bakelite phones were used.
"ABC" = dial position 1

"Postcodes were introduced in Australia in 1967 by the Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) to replace earlier postal sorting systems, such as Melbourne's letter and number codes (e.g., N3, E5) and a similar system then used in rural and regional New South Wales. The introduction of the postcodes coincided with the introduction of a large-scale mechanical mail sorting system in Australia, starting with the Sydney GPO. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postc...in_Australia

Sandringham was S (for South) 8

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Postal district numbers of Melbourne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posta...of_Melbourne

I still remember my grandmother's phone number. It was JU1627.
Each letter stood for a number. Apparently, it was easier for users to remember two letters followed by four numbers than it was to remember six numbers in a row.

Brilliant stuff
Makes sense
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I think in Australia, only 10 letters were used. This differed from the USA and UK. The photo shows a typical telephone dialler from that time. (About the 1960s)

StevieG
Never seen anything like this.
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Thankyou everyone
I have learned a lot
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The two-letter code represented the particular local telephone exchange connected to that service.

e.g. Lewisham, Petersham, Leichhardt and Dulwich Hill customers all had the same prefix i.e. LM.