The Wales Post Office, located in the Demerara River West Bank Postal District, was possibly opened on September 16, 1877, after being transferred from Belle Vue. It was upgraded to a money order office on April 17, 1883. Although the office was later moved to Sisters Village, its name remained “Wales” to avoid confusion with the existing Sisters Post Office in Berbice.

The following are the Date Stamps used at Wales 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. 20 -Wales

T&H – Type 3 p. 300 ; Proud – Wales D2 p. 265

EKD: 1 Dec 1880 / LKD: 20 Jul 1903

The Wales 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 E4.20 is cataloged as Type 3 and is listed as “Rather Common” in The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana by Townsend & Howe.