The branch and sub post offices of Malta and Gozo

Abstract

The Malta Study Circle's Study Paper with the above title submitted that the first post offices to be established in the Maltese Islands were the Sub Post Offices of Rabato and Migiarro in Gozo (page 184). It was also submitted that Victoria was the first post office to be opened as a Sub Post Office in Gozo on the 151 December 1885 at 5 De Soldanis Street. The first recorded cancellation using the RABATO cds is 31 MY 86. (page 188). The Migiarro Sub Post Office is also "officially recorded" as being opened on the 1" December 1885 probably situated on private premises but operated by a Detached Post Officer. The paper records the first known cancellation on the MIGIARRO cds as being 4 NO 86. It is stated that "prior to late 1886 it is likely that the datestamp was applied to the envelope with the postage stamp being cancelled at the GPO Valletta" (page 207). [excerpt]