Trucking and sorting empty mail bags at the Australian Base Post Office. All mail bags were ...

Accession Number D00142
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made December 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Trucking and sorting empty mail bags at the Australian Base Post Office. All mail bags were immediately turned when opened, any damaged bags being forwarded to the Civil Postal Service for repair, and other bags folded for reuse. Australian jute bags were used for the despatch of parcels overseas, the better class canvas bags being used for letter mails only.

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