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Jerry Weirich wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 22, 2019 7:56 am

Unhinged -- I didn't see that anyone else responded so I thought I would. The "NO 24" is not a code. It's part of the date for 24 November 1910.

Thanks Jerry. I now realise and am a little embarrassed that I didn’t work that out.

Is 24 the code for the town?

Hi all, Following up on Pete's comments re volume of mails in Tassie and Hobart in particular: The 1889 Post Office report includes the following volumes: "The mail matter circulated was 3,503,194 in-land letters, an increase of 59,820 on the previous year; 1,200,140 ship letters, an increase of 17...

John Hardinge wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:33 pm

Therefore, at various times in Hobart, numerals 48, 61, 62, 63, 64, 68, 74 and 75 all saw use. 61, 62, 63, 64, 74 and 75 were only used at Hobart, 48 and 68 at Hobart but also elsewhere.

Hope this helps.

Great info. Thanks John.

John Hardinge wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 30, 2019 2:33 pm

Yes it is a machine cancel. "C" of Launceston is slightly deformed.

Thanks John.

John Hardinge could probably tell us but I am not certain. I think its a machine cancel, fig 108 in the Green Books. Maybe a Krag machine. They did gather dust and lint at times maybe due to the large volume of mail processed. Just a guess but it could be the die was clogged - in some cancels the s...

admin wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 26, 2019 6:31 pm

I can see what you mean.
I think it is a "C"

Pete

Yes, I’m sure it’s just an illusion.
Do we know how the dies were made at this time?

Thanks Pete. I’ll give the bright light a try.

Is it possible from the date to identify what watermark these stamps may have or would I have to remove a stamp to be sure? Thanks again.

Is it my imagination or does this postmark look like Launseston rather than Launceston?

Wonderful. Thanks very much Pete for your time.
Things are a lot clearer to me now.

Thanks very much for the detailed reply Pete but I must be missing a fundamental understanding of how the system worked, Why are more numbers required as the mail traffic increases? Why not use the same number if in the same town? Also, why is there a ‘prepaid’ mark on the envelopes. Surely the fran...

Hi all, my first post to this forum so please be gentle.
I’ve googled and read many posts but can’t find an answer to my question. In the first allocation why are there so many different barred numbers for Hobart? I have four letters all dated 1859 with numbers 48, 61, 74 and 75.
Thanks you.