Thursday, 13 October 2022

Albert Park

Albert Park post office, 6 Minaar Street, Albertville, Johannesburg, (10 km northwest of the Johannesburg city centre), opened as a postal and telegraph agency on 17 April 1950 and as a post office on 26 September 1955. It closed on 27 September 1965
  • Postmark type 1 (2 February 1956 - 4 May 1960) rated 3R
  • Registered handstamp type 1 rated 3R

Left to right: Postmark type 1, registered label type 1

Postmark type 1
Albert Park postmark type 1 dated 4 May 1960. Rated 3R. Seen in the collection of Morgan Farrell

Putzel rating
1 - 1 rated 150 on stamp and 600 on cover. Update "not as scarce as originally suggested as at least 5 postmarks have been seen". 10 on stamp and 50 on cover