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    • Van at crossroads, 1934

      POST 118/1094
    • Fish Wharf Post Office, 1936

      POST 118/589
    • Ships Div’n, Mount Pleasant, 1945

      POST 118/1546
    • Opening of Mount Pleasant, 1934

      POST 118/170
    • Telegram messenger, 1934

      POST 118/69
    • Post Office Home Guard, 1941

      POST 56/83
    • Travelling Post Office, 1881

      POST 118/792
    • Tibs the Great, 1954

      M3/0W
    • Stamp cancelling machine, 1948

      POST 118/1872
    • Telegram messengers, 1934

      POST 118/70
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