Eastlake Post Office
Eastlake Post Office initially opened as a telephone office on 21 March 1917 under the stewardship of D Macfarlane and operating from premises near the Power Station in the present Kingston. On 8 March 1924 the status of the office was raised to Allowance Post Office and on 19 May 1924 Post Office with the first non official postmistress being Mrs H Gerrard. On 2 June 1924 money order and savings bank facilities were introduced. Mrs Gerrard was succeeded by Miss McCorkingdale. The office was unusual in that customers stood outside in the open doing business through a window. In early 1927 the office was relocated to shop premises in Giles Street (Kingston) becoming an official post office on 13 April 1927. The office was operated by A. E. Robbie and a short time later Mr C. C. Harris. The telegraph replaced the telephone service on 21 April 1927. With the introduction of official conditions the office name was changed to Canberra East Post Office on 1st January 1929. On 1st October 1944 the name was changed to Kingston and in early 1952 the office relocated to purpose built facilities at the corner of Giles and Jardine Streets.
Eastlake utilized a Type 2A ‘FCT’ date stamp between 1927 & 1928. Hopson & Tobin also indicate the possible use of a Type 2C date stamp by the office. This would seem to be confirmed as evidenced by the 8 September 1928 backstamp depicted below.
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| 9 May 1927 Type 2A Eastlake FCT cds cancelling 11/2d Canberra commemorative first day of issue to Bega NSW. |
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19 July 1927 Type 2A Eastlake FCT cds cancelling 11/2 red GV on cover to Victoria.  |
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