Work on paper - Philatelic cover envelope, Souvenir cover Ballaarat Begonia Festival Cover 1960

Historical information

Issued and postmarked 5th March 1960 for the eighth Ballaarat Begonia Festival.

Significance

The Begonia Festival started at Ballarat in 1953 and is still celebrated in March every year, in 1960 a new conservatory was opened to display the begonias and what was then the largest electric floral clock in the world was opened. The mail was delivered to the Ballarat Town Hall by an Ansett helicopter.

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