The Providence Post Office, located in the Demerara River East Bank Postal District, was opened on January 1, 1880, at the Telegraph Station after being transferred from Agricola. It was upgraded to a money order office on April 1, 1909. On August 1, 1943, the post office was relocated from temporary quarters in the police station to a new office within the police compound

The following are the Date Stamps used at Providence 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. 1 4 -Providence

T&H – Type 3a p. 300 ; Proud – Providence D2 p. 239

New EKD: 30 Nov 1880 / LKD: 13 Mar 1902

The  Providence 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 E4.14 is cataloged as Type 3a and is listed as “Rather Common” in The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana by Townsend & Howe.

The New EKD strike of 30 Nov 1880 is in the Panda Collection. See image below.