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The image posted by Malcolm is a very nice copy of BN28 of the first allocation. One of the best references showing examples of first allocation numerals is David McNamee's exhibit which can be found at:

http://www.aape.org/exhibit_view_page.a ... eNumber=27

While sorting a packet of penny pictorials I found this item. Stamp is torn, ink has run a bit.

All the following are on ONE PENNY overprints

Cooee 5 Feb 13
East Devonport 20 Feb 13
Hollow Tree 7 Feb 13
Hythe 2 Feb 13
Lune River 2 Feb 13
Snake River 8 Apr 13

In 1870 the mail from Hobart town to Franklin appears to travel by road / coach. The attached an extract from The Mercury via Trove.

Strahan.jpg I am attempting to complete my collection of examples of the various Strahan circular date stamps and I am after copies with the stop after Tasmania (see example of the D code attached) and codes A, H, K, O, S or V. Ideally these would be single penny stamps but would consider examples ...

The following is part of a notice in the Hobart Town Courier of 10 August 1832 and details the route and timing of the mail transfer between Hobart town and Launceston. To all Postmasters The following alterations and arrangements will take place in this Department from Tuesday the 28th inst (Aug 18...

I have over a dozen examples of this postmark with most on higher value stamps (tablets, sidefaces and pictorials) and all bar 2 have the 4 PM time. The other 2 are 8 A from 1908 (year as 8 not 08) and 9.45A from 1906. David McNamee in his Registered Mail exhibit has examples (4 PM again) of this cd...

New erd of 4 Dec 1951 for Paradise type 5

Looking at the auctions (numbers 180 and 181) of Tasmania material by Prestige Philately in May 2013: Lot 289 - 2 line Macquarie Plains on Courier on cover sold for $1250 plus buyer premium Lot 290 - Segmented circle on 4d Chalon sold for $290 plus buyer premium Lot 291 - Numeral 4 on four pence + 2...

I notice that there are 2 examples of the 2 line cancel in Koichi Sato's exhibit being auctioned by David Feldman in June.

mp2.jpg I have 2 copies of one of the two unframed Macquarie Plains handstamp types in my collection. John Hardinge rates both types as RRRRR and I was wondering how many copies there are. Please add a scan of any copies you have (or just tell us you have one or more). I do not have an example of t...

If they had been attempting to read my han writing it could simply be EASTERNSHORE?

John

I will have a check of various boxes and albums for more Zeehan material. I have a fair range of times for the day before month variety at a quick glance and will provide details after a bit of searching.

Burnie times:

8.15P, 8.15A, 1.15P, 8.30P, 1.15(looks like A).

Geoff

I have a fair selection of time cancels from Zeehan more or less grouped by the various types and there are a number of times not listed in the Green Books. Looking at a page of the first type I have examples of the following times: 12.45A (probably an error), 6.45A, 7A, 11A, 12.30P, 12.45P, 1P, 1.3...

Could one or more of the BN experts tell whether this is a 66 or a 99 and which office it was used at please?

MPE and second allocation BN although there must be better examples around.

Here are examples of cds from Bothwell which can probably be improved on.

Hobart 21 Oct 1912

Parattah Oct 23 1912

I think these are manuscript cancellations for Cullenswood from either end of the colony-state period.

While sorting through some stamps with Dromedary postmarks I found several (including those in the following scan) where the year was incorrect. There were no postmarks on the ONE PENNY overprints with the 1912 year slugs in the material I was looking through and this was corrected for January 1913....

From the following scan, only the October 25th date has a year visible.

October dates from Nubeena

Could someone tell me which of the Launceston types this postmark is. My thoughts are that it is the type 2 (Green book vol 1 Fig 96 for image and Vol2 page 73 for date). I found a couple of these in an envelope of common Launceston types and this example is the nicer of the two.

Another early date, this time from Mt Seymour.