English Mail Tpo, Victoria, Australia

This stamp led me to an interesting page on Stamps of Victoria, so I thought I'd share both.




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http://www.stampsofvictoria.com/english.php

In a nutshell, mail bound for England would leave Melbourne by ship, and the ship would then call at Adelaide a few to several days later. A train connection between Melbourne and Adelaide allowed mail that missed the ship in Melbourne to still catch the ship in Adelaide. Procrastination must have been alive then as now, because it apparently filled a need and thrived.

Mine appears to be a Type 3-Out cancel. I presume "Out" signifies Melbourne to Adelaide.

love the stamp Cjd.

Collectors should be aware,
"English Mail NSW" went the other way.

Incoming Mail from overseas offloaded in Melbourne
could scoot up to Sydney
by train a lot faster than ship.

my contribution:

Nice cancel. I forgot about this thread (and that stamp in the original post...I wonder where it is? )