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Just a shot in the dark. The owner of the NZ FDC postmarked in Victoria may have had the FDC cancelled at their request by hand, and the staff member obliged. But the address???BigSaint wrote: I am not sure how this New Zealand stamp came to be postmarked at the Russell St Melbourne Post office as New Zealand stamps have never been valid for postage in Australia:
101 Rathdowne St, Carlton. Not sure what you mean.Rob1956 wrote:Just a shot in the dark. The owner of the NZ FDC postmarked in Victoria may have had the FDC cancelled at their request by hand, and the staff member obliged. But the address???BigSaint wrote: I am not sure how this New Zealand stamp came to be postmarked at the Russell St Melbourne Post office as New Zealand stamps have never been valid for postage in Australia:
I found another of these covers postmarked fdi in Darwin on 27th January 1984:BigSaint wrote:The 1984 Australia Day stamp was issued on 26th January 1984 & below is a correctly postmarked Australia Post fdc from Glenelg SA. But there is a second stamp added postmarked on the following day at GPO Darwin, fdi 27th January 1984.
FDC is signed by postmasters at Darwin & Glenelg, so maybe there is a story about this one![]()
Brad
As we work our way through life, we pick up little tricks to solve the mysteries of this-and-that.BigSaint wrote:Moomba, means "get together & have fun" & perhaps that is what was happening with the 3 consecutive date postmarks. But some one should have said there was no 29th February in 1981![]()
Brad
I remember going to the 1956 Olympics at age 10 - the day before it started - to the Velodrome and MCG with my Mum (she slipped 2 shillings to the gatekeeper to let us in!!!) and on the second last day at the MCG with a wealthy spinster aunt!BigSaint wrote:Bazza
Glad you didn't go back to the Summer Olympics of 1900, which were held in Paris. Believe it or not that was NOT a leap yearBrad
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