WTB Australia 1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup FDCs

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 01:13

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Blood Donors Are Urgently Needed." - 11th November 1960.

Corner card for GPO Box 578J Brisbane but there is nothing to indicate who that might be.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 01:22

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Blood Donors Are Urgently Needed." - 11th November 1960.

United Fashions Pty Ltd advertising (corner card) cover. According to ASIC his company started in Queensland 1948 & closed in 1983. There is now another unrelated company operating from Greenwich NSW with the same name.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 10:55

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Sponsor A British Migrant." - 15th November 1960.

Corner card for GPO Box 251D Brisbane but there is nothing to indicate who that might be.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 11:16

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Sponsor A British Migrant." - 15th November 1960.

Don Rex Furniture Pty Ltd advertising (corner card) cover. I can't find too much on Don Rex, although there seems to be some of his furniture on eBay. One seller gave a glowing review "A Brisbane based designer and manufacturer from the swinging 60’s and 70’s. Our mate Don is well known for using quality Australian hardwoods, such as Queensland maple, and his furniture is inspired by sweet Danish designs."

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 11:24

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Sponsor A British Migrant." - 17th November 1960.

Klamar Pty Ltd advertising (corner card) cover. According to ASIC, Klamar Pty Ltd commenced trading on 25th February 1960 & ceased in 2000. Registered trademarks for the company's brand names lapsed prior to closure.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 12:07

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Sponsor A British Migrant." - 17th November 1960.

New address notice on the reverse "Funning & Downs"

Google comes up with nothing on this business.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 12:15

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Ideal For Small Investors Buy Special Bonds." - 21st November 1960. Love the handwriting on the cover. Who would have picked that first letter of "Ipswich" as an "I" if you didn't know it was "Ipswich".

The Eclipse Millet Broom Co Pty Ltd advertising (corner card) cover. According to ASIC the company commenced on 16th December 1958 & ceased trading in 1987.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 13:04

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Ideal For Small Investors Buy Special Bonds." - 22nd November 1960.

Overland Engines & Parts Pty Ltd advertising (corner card) cover. Neither ASIC nor the ABR have a record of this company, it must ceased trading long ago.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 13:21

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Ideal For Small Investors Buy Special Bonds." - 23d November 1960.

Corner card for GPO Box 251D Brisbane but there is nothing to indicate who that might be.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 13:26

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Ideal For Small Investors Buy Special Bonds." - 23rd November 1960.

Some more fantastic writing. "Ipswich", l@@ks more like "Hiwieh".

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 13:28

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Ideal For Small Investors Buy Special Bonds." - 23rd November 1960.

Mains Construction Pty Ltd advertising (corner card) cover. According to ASIC the company commenced on 27th September 1957 & ceased trading in 1986.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 13:37

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Ideal For Small Investors Buy Special Bonds." - 4th December 1960.

Some more "thumbnail dipped in tar writing", well not quite, I just wanted to quote "Banjo Patterson" & my last example of this Brisbane 2 machine cancel.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 20:44

Brisbane Qld Aust 5 - Posted In Country Box - "Blood Donors Are Urgently Needed." - 9th November 1960.

Interesting to note that although Ipswich was only 25 miles South West of the Brisbane CBD, some thought that Ipswich was just a country town.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 20:49

Brisbane Qld Aust 5 - Posted In Country Box - "Blood Donors Are Urgently Needed." - 10th November 1960.

Corner card for GPO Box 909M Brisbane but there is nothing to indicate who that might be.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Sep 2018 20:55

Brisbane Qld Aust 5 - Posted In Country Box - "Blood Donors Are Urgently Needed." - 12th November 1960.

Some of more that fabulous handwriting.

collectrix · Post by **collectrix** » 14 Sep 2018 00:51

BigSaint wrote: Corner card for GPO Box 909M Brisbane but there is nothing to indicate who that might be.

Australian Iron and Steel Ltd, Brisbane.

From Trove - The Courier-Mail, Tuesday 25 February 1941.

Nina

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 Sep 2018 08:01

Thank you Nina.

Some details on the company:

Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd (AIS) (1928 - 1985)
From 1928 Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia
To 1985
Functions - Manufacturing industry, Metallurgy and Mineralogy or mining
Location Port Kembla, New South Wales
Summary
Established in 1928, Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd manufactured iron and steel, as well as mining coal for use in the steel industry. The company was replaced by the Slab and Plate Division of BHP Steel International in 1985.

http://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000300b.htm

towradji · Post by **towradji** » 14 Sep 2018 08:32

The Brisbane connection is that was the sales office for Queensland and the NT.

If you wanted the steel products from Port Kembla, you ordered and paid thru Brisbane.

By their nature, the sizes and steel strength required necessitated specific rolling dimensions thru the mills. Very little output from Port Kembla was rolled without a specific order.

An order usually took 12 weeks.

Rod Perry · Post by **Rod Perry** » 14 Sep 2018 09:05

BigSaint wrote:

Brisbane Q'land 2 - Posted In Pillars - "Sponsor A British Migrant." - 17th November 1960.

New address notice on the reverse "Funning & Downs" Google comes up with nothing on this business.

Perhaps Dunning & Downs, Brad?

Seeing my old covers enjoying their 15 minutes of fame is, well, interesting.

The next shoebox heading to a PO box in Cheltenham will feed this thread for months.

If anyone is inspired to do a cover study of a Letter rate stamp of Australia (c1930-2000), I'm probably your man.

As Brad's enthusiasm suggests, it's fun, and surprisingly inexpensive.

Rod

Ubobo.R.O. · Post by **Ubobo.R.O.** » 14 Sep 2018 10:01

BRISBANE POSTED IN COUNTRY BOX.
In 1960/61 Brisbane and suburbs were still using locality codes. ie NW1.
Outside that area would be considered country Queensland.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 Sep 2018 10:12

Thank you towradji on that extra information on Australian Iron & Steel. Perhaps they were furnishing their offices through Cribb & Foote.

Thank you Rod for the Dunnings & Downs suggestion, I will try a search on that one later. I have found plenty of "Ups & Downs" with these old businesses.

L@@king forward to the next batch.

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 Sep 2018 10:34

Ubobo.R.O. wrote:BRISBANE POSTED IN COUNTRY BOX.
In 1960/61 Brisbane and suburbs were still using locality codes. ie NW1.
Outside that area would be considered country Queensland.

Thank you Terry.

I guess similar to Melbourne with the suburb of Frankston. Being outside the 50 km radius of the Melbourne GPO, Frankston residents received "country registration" for their cars, that continuing on to the 1990's when someone decided it was no longer country. Gould Street which backed right on to the beach was for the holiday houses of the rich, while their poorer cousins headed to the caravan park on the foreshore particularly at Christmas.

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 Sep 2018 23:51

Brisbane Qld Aust 5 - Posted In Country Box - "Address Mail to Private Box It Expedites Delivery." - 21st December 1960.

H. Peacock Saw Manufacturer advertising (corner card) cover. I don't think H Peacock is still around, but Peacock Saws certainly is:

Established in 1936, Peacock Saws started servicing the local sawmills and been evolving ever since. We now supply and service a number of industries including wood working, metal working, plastic, aluminium, and food.

With over 1000 different Router Bits, the largest range of Circular Saw Blades in Queensland, Bandsaw blades made to order and many other products “on the shelf”, we can usually supply most orders direct from stock.

We are the Saw Blade and Router Bit Specialists."

https://www.peacocksaws.com.au/about-us/

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 Sep 2018 00:10

Brisbane Qld Aust 5 - Posted In Country Box - "Enlist In the Regular Army." - 21st February 1961.

Neil Fuller & Sons Pty Ltd advertising (corner card) cover & are now known as Riviana Foods. Riviana Foods is one of the country's leading and most successful food importers and is proudly Australian owned. They are part of the SunRice group of companies. With a uniquely diverse business, they manufacture, distribute and market a number of highly regarded brands across the retail grocery and food service sectors nationally.

Collectively, these brands boast a portfolio of over 500 products across multiple food categories including:

Rice
Olives, Antipasto & Traditional Pickled Vegetables
Olive Oil & Vinegar
Condiments & Sauces
Savoury & Sweet Biscuits
Fruit – Canned, Pouch, Frozen, Dried
Vegetable – Canned, Pouch, Frozen
Seafood – Canned, Pouch
Portion Control Desserts
Pasta & Noodles

The story begins in Wellington, New Zealand during the 1940's when they were founded as Neil Fuller & Sons. During the 1950's the business moved to Australia then in the early 1960's extended its business to include rice in Queensland. In the early 1970's, Neil Fuller & Sons was taken over by Riviana USA and then in later years was acquired by Colgate Palmolive.

During the early 1980's, the New Zealand Dairy Board acquired 50% of the equity of Riviana Foods Australia from Colgate Palmolive with full ownership being secured in 1986. In 1993, the New Zealand Dairy Board divested Riviana Foods Australia to Rice Growers Limited who currently remains the sole owner.

Today they are now a unique, dynamic and diversified food business that has a number of highly regarded brands within the retail grocery business including Always Fresh, Riviana, Fehlbergs, Admiral and Mahatma and the food service business with Riviana, Menu Master, Ocean Supreme, Garden Supreme, Regal Sea, 4 Seasons & Tastic."

https://www.rivianafoods.com.au/about-us

For the best part of the last 30 years I looked after the books of a competitor of Riviana Foods. For privacy purposes we will call him "The Gherkin Man". He was always trying to stay one step ahead of Riviana. He made a fortune selling what people didn't want in their hamburgers.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 Sep 2018 00:13

Brisbane Qld Aust 5 - Posted In Country Box - "Enlist In the Regular Army." - 28th February 1961.

Corner card for GPO Box 1033 N Brisbane but there is nothing to indicate who that might be.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 Sep 2018 00:28

Brisbane Qld Aust 5 - Posted In Country Box - "Use Australian Products." - 16th February 1961.

The only example I have of this slogan & some very nice handwriting on the cover.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 Sep 2018 00:39

Brisbane Qld Aust 5 - Posted In Country Box - "Enlist In the Regular Army." - 2nd March 1961.

Snow, Elliott & Coy Pty Ltd advertising (corner card) cover & they commenced on 28th June 1948. They are currently based in Fairfield Victoria. They are a textile and trimmings wholesaler catering for the needs of both clothing manufacturers and retail stores, offering a wide variety of quality products at competitive prices and a sourcing service for those items they don't carry in stock.

Snow Elliott has a Nationwide delivery service in both Australia and New Zealand & can arrange product to be delivered to the country of your choice.

https://www.snowelliott.com/

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 Sep 2018 00:47

Brisbane Qld Aust 5 - Posted In Country Box - "Prominent House Numbers Help Everyone." - 6th March 1961.

Corner card for GPO Box 140 B Brisbane but there is nothing to indicate who that might be.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 Sep 2018 00:49

Brisbane Qld Aust 5 - Posted In Country Box - "Prominent House Numbers Help Everyone." - 7th March 1961.

Neil Fuller & Sons Pty Ltd advertising (corner card) cover & are now known as Riviana Foods, as discussed earlier.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 Sep 2018 00:54

Brisbane Q'land 8 - Posted In City Box - "Prominent House Numbers Help Everyone." - 6th March 1961.

The only example of machine 8 & posted in City Box that I have. It is also the last cover from the Rod Perry stock.

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 Sep 2018 10:30

Tulloch arrived from the West recently looking like he was pulling the fire cart:

& he brought this Melbourne Cup cover from MacQuarrie Island with a Penguin cachet:

I can't imagine too many Melbourne Cup stamps would have been cancelled in AAT.

A big thank you to Stampboarder Browny for sending this one to me.

Brad

PS Tulloch ran 7th in the 1960 Melbourne Cup, the only time in his 53 career starts he did not finish in the first three placings.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 16 Sep 2018 00:10

Some more recent arrivals, this time from towradji:

A pair of Australia Post Hermes fdcs - Gold (buff) & Blue & Blue & Red, from the Philatelic Bureau.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 16 Sep 2018 00:14

Three different colour combo Royal fdcs postmarked at Clarence Street, Sydney.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 16 Sep 2018 00:19

Launceston R.S. - this post office was used by Tasmanian cachetmaker, Max Easther, for his designs.
This cover is of course a WCS.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 16 Sep 2018 00:29

Mayfield NSW (WCS fdc):

Mayfield is a north-western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, which takes its name from Ada May (born 1874) a daughter of the landowner & Mayor there, John Scholey. Its boundaries are the Hunter River to the north, the Main Northern railway line to the south (Waratah station), the railway line to Newcastle Harbour to the east, and open ground to the west.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayfield,_New_South_Wales

The post office opened here in 1910.

Thank you for all of these towradji.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 16 Sep 2018 01:05

Finally, till the next batch arrives, this one from ebay's Dr Jim Stamps:

Adamstown, NSW.

Adamstown is a suburb of Newcastle, located 6 kilometres west of Newcastle's CBD. It has a railway station, that opened in 1887 with the Newcastle–Gosford section of the Main North line. The now closed branch line to Belmont formerly left the main line just south of Adamstown Station. The post office opened here in 1877.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamstown,_New_South_Wales

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 Sep 2018 20:52

Another from Rod Perry's stock but this time via eBay:

I presume the straight line machine cancel is Melbourne but it is too faint to read & "retroReveal" appears not to be working at the moment.

The cds's are "Melbourne Air 3" & dated 13th October 1960, making this a 2dc.

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 27 Sep 2018 01:03

All my previous examples of the Antarctic Treaty - First Consultative meeting have had AAT stamps on them, but this one has "Australia Queen Elizabeth II blue 5d SG#314 1959":

APM 1560 FDU catalogued at $50.

There may be hope that I might find a 1960 Melbourne Cup postmarked with one of these, although it would be fairly late use.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 27 Sep 2018 18:59

BigSaint wrote:Been a little while since I added to these, but I did pick one up on ebay recently.

Manifold Heights is a residential suburb of Geelong. The Post Office opened here on 25 March 1929, but has always been known as just Manifold.

Another recent eBay acquisition but this time on WCS, the earlier one being a Royal.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 27 Sep 2018 19:08

Another recent eBay acquisition returning from England:

Brunswick, Victoria & paying the correct 2/3d airmail rate.

Brunswick is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, 4 kilometres north of Melbourne's CBD. Traditionally a working class area it is noted for its large Italian and Greek communities. Brunswick's major thoroughfare is Sydney Road, one of Melbourne's major commercial and nightlife strips.

Brunswick takes its name from George IV and the city of Brunswick, Germany, which laid within his ancestral Kingdom of Hanover. It is bordered to the south by the suburbs of Princes Hill and Parkville, to the east by Brunswick East, to the north by Coburg and to the west by Brunswick West.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 07 Oct 2018 00:40

I acquired this one from Stampboarder Suda in his Bentleigh shop:

Ormond Vic on Australian Post Office generic Hermes fdc in blue & gold

Ormond is a suburb in Melbourne, Australia, 12 km south-east from Melbourne's CBD. An Ormond Post Office opened on 1 January 1870 and closed in 1884. It reopened in 1907.

In 1905, Abraham Lewis begun operations of a timber mill in the then market garden estates of Ormond (formerly East Brighton) as the surrounding subdivision began to grow. Furthermore, in the early 1930-40's the Lewis family purchased a larger piece of land neighbouring market gardens on the corner of Jasper Road and Jasper Street. At this site, A. Lewis & Company PTY LTD was built and continues to this day in the same family ownership and operations. Although when I walked past recently, I had the impression the business may have closed.

In the mid 1900s the council changed the street name to Lewis Street to avoid confusion between the main road and side street being both named Jasper as those in the area simply referred to the street as "the one Lewis's is on".

The Ormond shopping strip is located primarily on North Road, and has declined since its heyday in the middle of last century. North Road was the north boundary of Henry Dendy's Brighton land grant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormond,_Victoria

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 07 Oct 2018 00:54

A long time ago I acquired this generic Royal fdc postmarked Woolgoolga NSW:

Woolgoolga being a town on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, on the Pacific Highway, approximately 550 km north of Sydney and 365 km south of Brisbane. The closest city to Woolgoolga is Coffs Harbour, which lies 25.8 km to the south. PPA says the Post Office opened here on September 1, 1884.

I had not seen another Woolgoolga (anything) until yesteday at Stampboarder Michael Eastick's Shop in Forest Hills:

This one being a WCS addressed in the same hand as the previous Royal & also back stamped "Woolgoolga Central School", which appears to no longer exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolgoolga,_New_South_Wales

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 07 Oct 2018 00:59

This one was also from Michael Eastick:

Royal postmarked at Lonsdale Street Melbourne to Singapore with cinderellas from SATA (Singapore Association of Travel Agents?) affixed on the reverse.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 07 Oct 2018 01:15

This WCS fdc arrived from the UK via eBay:

Woolner's Arm NSW.

Woolner's Arm is about 40 kms north west of Casino NSW.

According to PPA it opened as a RO on 8/9/1924, became a PO on 1/7/1927 & closed on 14/8/1961.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 Oct 2018 14:30

towradji sent me some 1960 Melbourne Cups on piece which he acquired from a Brighton Philatelic Society auction:

Box Hill E11 Vic Aust with time - 2nd November 1960.

It is quite different to this one on a Royal fdc:

Box Hill Vic Aust - no time.

And quite different too on this uncacheted fdc:

Box Hill E11 Vic Aust - no time.

Box Hill seem to have a few different postmarks in simultaneous use.

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 18 Oct 2018 11:15

From "The Post Offices And Hand-Held Datestamps of Victoria" Volume One by Gary Watson, John Webster & David Wood.

Box Hill Victoria 14km East of GPO, opened as Post Office 1st February 1861.

As alluded to in the previous post there were a lot of hand-held date stamps in use at Box Hill on 12th October 1960:

60A BOX HILL VIC-AUST large date line (LDL) earliest recorded use (ERU) 2/7/41 latest recorded use (LRU) 1957. The middle shown example in the post above & 3 years after the LRU & rated S.

80A BOX HILL E.11 VIC-AUST LDL ERU 6/7/47 LRU 18/6/64. This is the bottom example in the post above & rated RR.

90A BOX HILL E.11 VIC-AUST LDL ERU 28/7/47 LRU 20/9/61. This is not shown above & rated RRR.

110A BOX HILL E.11 VIC-AUST with Time (T) LDL ERU 24/11/56 LRU 13/7/64. This is the top example on piece shown above & is rated C.

120B BOX HILL E.11 VIC -AUST with small dateline (SDL) ERU 11/5/60 LRU 30/11/63 & not shown above, rated RR.

130A BOX HILL E.11 VIC -AUST SDL ERU 17/3/60 LRU 6/2/68 & not shown above, RR.

C = Common, S = Scarce, R = 13 to 24 copies, RR = 7 to 12 copies, RRR = 4 to 6 copies & RRRR = 1 to 3 copies.

PS I note that a "First Day of Issue" postmark was not introduced at Box Hill until 31st August 1970.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 19 Oct 2018 10:01

Another 1960 Melbourne Cup on piece sent to me by towradji which he acquired from a Brighton Philatelic Society auction:

Camperdown, Vic. Second day cancel 13th October 1960.

I have no 1960 Melbourne Cup fdcs postmarked at Camperdown, Vic.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 19 Oct 2018 23:25

From "The Post Offices And Hand-Held Datestamps of Victoria" Volume Two by Gary Watson, John Webster & David Wood.

Camperdown is 106 kms west of Geelong & it, like Box Hill had a few hand held date stamps in use on 12th October 1960. It was renamed from Timboon on 1st January 1854:

140A VIC-AUST LDL with T ERU 10/12/45 LRU 23/5/68 & I believe this is the one shown above & rated C.
150A VIC-AUST LDL ERU 12/47 LRU 12/4/50 rated RRR
150B VIC-AUST SDL ERU 6/5/71 rated RRRR
So 150A became 150B upon change of dateline sometime between 1950 & 1971 but most likely sometime around 1960.
160A VIC-AUST LDL ERU 20/8/55 LRU 6/4/59 rated RRR
160B VIC-AUST LDL ERU 13/1/61 LRU 22/6/88 rated C
So 160A became 160B upon change of dateline sometime between 6/4/59 & 13/1/61 C
170 VIC-AUST SDL ERU 8/7/60 LRU 22/6/88 C
180 VIC-AUST SDL ERU 3/7/62 LRU 22/6/88 C
It is possible that 180 came into use at the same time as 170 but a 1960 usage has not been recorded.

A first day of issue postmark was introduced at Camperdown on 18th April 1972.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 19 Oct 2018 23:44

Another 1960 Melbourne Cup on piece sent to me by towradji which he acquired from a Brighton Philatelic Society auction:

City Road SC5 - 2nd November 1960, the day after Cup Day.

I have no 1960 Melbourne Cup fdcs postmarked at City Road, Vic.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 20 Oct 2018 23:07

From "The Post Offices And Hand-Held Datestamps of Victoria" Volume Two by Gary Watson, John Webster & David Wood.

City Road (South Melbourne) SC5 is one & a half kms south west of the GPO. It opened as a RH on 28/8/1892 & was reclassified as a PO about 1902. It would appear around June 1960 it's postal code was altered from SC4 to SC5.

Like the previous it had several hand held date stamps in use:

70A VIC-AUST SDL with T ERU 28/6/60 LRU 21/4/66, rated C. This is the example shown above as the hyphen between C-A is 2mm long.
80A VIC-AUST SDL with T ERU 11/10/60 LRU 6/2/68 - hyphen C-A 2.5mm long & rated C
90A VIC-AUST SDL ERU 26/10/60 LRU 6/2/68, rated R.

First day of Issue postmark introduced on 17th February 1982.

Brad