The Bagotville Post Office was located on the West Bank of the Demerara River, 4 miles north of Georgetown, within the Demerara River West Bank Postal District. On 1 January 1880, the office was transferred to the Telegraph Office, and later that same year, on 1 October, it moved to St. Thomas’ School House, with Mr. B.J. Jack serving as District Postmaster. In 1892, J.E. Adams was the Postmaster, and the office was upgraded to a money order office in 1899. Mr. G. King became Postmaster in May 1953. It initially used the DRW coded postmark.

The following are the Date Stamps used at Bagotville 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 # 7.5 – Bagotville

T&H Type 5a p. 301;     Proud Bagotville D3 p. 140

EKD: 15 Apr 1882 / LKD: 11 May 1903

The Bagotville Circular Date Stamp (C.D.S) is a Panda Type E5 postmark.  The Panda Type E5 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 E7.5 is cataloged as Type 5a and is listed as “Rather Common” in The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana by Townsend & Howe.