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Walter Drowley Filmer 1865 - 1944
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…Walter Drowley Filmer 1865 - 1944 … First X Ray image taken in Australia earns Lake Macquarie man a commemorative postage stamp … Research by Dulcie Hartley … Early years … W D Filmer was born in West Maitland on 1 September 1865.……Stamp … A commemorative postage stamp was printed in 1995 showing Walter…
Shared Stories: Keeping in Touch
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…The crossed lines of writing used less paper and also saved on postage costs. The letters were deciphered by Fos and Olive Strudwick. … Local Studies collected these letters digitally. The originals remain with the family.……The crossed lines of writing used less paper and also saved on postage costs.…
Letter from Tom Fennell to his brother William, 9th March 1848
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…Be kind enough should you be sending more parcels, to send me some of that thin paper; I can then send a double letter for one postage, also be kind enough to ask Lizzy to send me one of her castaway drawings to hang in my sitting room; if you can spare it send me that old oil painting that has been……Be…
Letter from Tom Fennell to his brother William, June 1849
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…Letter from Tom Fennell to his brother William, June 1849 … Trialba Station … June 1849 … Dear William, … So long has been my silence to you from unavoidable causes, first of which is my want of cash to pay the postage; second because I had no good news to give you that I shall not attempt to answer your……is…

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