The Mahaicony Post Office, located in the East Coast Demerara Postal District, was originally opened as a Receiving House at the local police station in 1850 and upgraded to a District Post Office in 1860. On November 1, 1878, it was transferred to the Railway Station, and subsequently became a money order office on January 1, 1884.

The following are the Date Stamps used at Mahaicony with EKD prior to 22 January 1901, the day marking the end of the reign of Queen Victoria. In addition to listing the Panda Type #, for reference, we also list the T&H Type from The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana by Townsend & Howe, the Type and referenced page from The Postal History of British Guiana by Edward B. Proud, and the referenced pages from British Guiana Coded Postmarks – Study paper No 3 by Michael Rego, for code-marks.

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→ Panda Type # E  2 . 14 – Mahoicony
(Used at Mahaicony)

T&H Type 2 p. 299;     Proud Mahaicony D3 p. 212

EKD: 1 Mar 1879 / LKD: 29 May 1879 (New LKD)

This Mahoicony Circular Date Stamp (C.D.S.) is a Panda Type E2 postmark. The Panda Type E2 is Single Ring (S.R.), 26.5 mm.  American Type.  3 line date (3 L.D.) B.G. at foot.  Known with year missing.

The Panda Type E2.14 was used in the Mahaicony Post Office and the strike is a misspelling of the Village name. It is cataloged as a Type 2 and listed as “Very Rare” in The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana by Townsend & Howe.

A partial strike with date of 29 May with the year not shown is assumed to be the new LKD (see image below). The previous LKD established in British Guiana Village Postmarks: An Update on Townsend & Howe by Peter Ford was 24 May 1879 (see image below).

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→ Panda Type # E  7 . 1 9 – Mahaicony

T&H Type 5a p. 301;     Proud Mahaicony D4 p. 212

EKD: 10 Apr 1882 / LKD: 17 Jun 1903

This Mahaicony Circular Date Stamp (C.D.S.) is a Panda Type E7 postmark. The Panda Type E7 is Double Ring (D.R.) 23 – 24.5 / 13 – 14.5 mm. 2 L.D. with Y.A. B. Guiana at foot

The Panda Type E7.19 is cataloged as a Type 5a and listed as “Common” in The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana by Townsend & Howe.