The Grove Post Office, located on the Golden Grove Plantation in the Demerara River East Bank Postal District, was officially opened on Januart 1, 1880. A gazette notice from September 1877 confirms its existence, although an 1879 P.O Handbook lists Agricola as the post office for Grove. The Grove Post Office was upgraded to a money order office on March 1, 1892.

The following are the Date Stamps used at Grove 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  4.9 – Grove

T&H – Type 3a p. 300 ; Proud – Grove D2 p. 187

EKD: 4 Jun 1881 / LKD: 28 Apr 1902

The Grove Circular Date Stamp (C.D.S) is a Panda Type E5 postmark.  The Panda Type E5 is Double Ring (D.R.), 22.5-24mm, 2 line date (2 L.D.) with year abbreviated (Y.A.).  Colony not shown.

The Panda Type E4.9 is cataloged as Type 3a and is listed as “Rather Common” in The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana by Townsend & Howe.