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Document - MT BECKWORTH POST FFICE
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.1 MOUNT BECKWORTH (SOMETIMES SPELLED MOUNT BECKWITH) POST OFFICE WAS OPENED ON 1ST MARCH 1863 AS A RECEIVING OFFICE. IT WAS UPGRADED TO POST OFFICE ON 7TH JULY 1927 AND CLOSED ON 14 DECEMBER 1955/
BARRED NUMERAL CANCEL 431, OF WHICH TERE ARE VERY FEW KNOWN, WAS USED AT MOUNT BECKWORTH UNTIL CIRCULAR DATE STAMPS REPLACED THEM IN 1912
POST OFFICERS AT MOUNT BECKWORTH WERE
J MCLEAN 1863-1864
THOMAS DUNN 1864-1909
B DUNN 1909-1911
R. DUNN 1911-1920
MISS CAMERON 1920-1936
MISS EVELYN CAMERON DUNN 1936-1939
BERTHA AMELIA DORIS ALSTON 1939
MRS. EVELYN CAMERON ROMEO 1939-1955
.2 LETTER FROM ALEX STONEMAN SENDING INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF pOST OFFICES IN THE AREA, A PHOTOCOPY OF PART OF THE RAILWAY AND POSTAL & TELEGRAPH MAP OF VICTORIAmt beckworth post office, mount beckwith post office