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All recorded to here. Please note that I will have a completed draft of the 1822-2000 Tasmanian post office cancellation Book with the TPS publications committee by Christmas. Look out for it in 2016.

John it is certainly not beyond the bounds of possibility at all that Crotty may have closed earlier than 31.5.1914. IN a number of cases, this represents not the date the office closed but the date it officially closed. Sometimes for months afterwards the PMG Dept would search for a successor witho...

Yes it is. I thought I had recorded the date from memory but my memory was not all that good as it was an incorrect date.

Many years ago(maybe 15) I saw this datestamp in a pile of other rubbish. I lost track of it after the owner did not want to sell it. Now it's come full circle.

A very nice lot indeed. Unknown Crown Seal is Pelverata. Red River is Geo River(Georges River, the early name for Pyengana)

Some really nice late and early dates to be found above. Thanks very much. Stamp Branch/Hobart is TYpe 1c-a late date. Supt of Telegraphs is a new type I have not seen before

Correct about the stamp counter. Hey, some nice items there...

Not a post office marking per see. The receipt stamp for the Postal Clerks Union, sometimes seen on corro to and from them.

This one is Riverside Type R6, not Type 7 I am afraid.

Whilst the 1911 date would undoubtedly be the early date by 14 months, this CDS cannot exist in 1911 as the issue of such CDS did not begin until Jan 1912. More likely, it is an early date indeed, probably caused by the CDS being issued with the manufacturers date setting and not being "rolled on" t...

All new dates added to here thanks

I would agree, TYpe 4a

Noted. Thanks for that

Can't think of anything that may fit this. May be part of writing on the envelope?

George Town Type 5s(i). Characteristic hand engraved letters unlike the machine engraved latter types.

Certainly from about 1903, yes. Not sure about under the state administration.

Tasmanian Stamp Auctions usually get the best prices for Tassie stuff. That would be where I would be looking.

I have never seen a better example.

Updated master list, with Roger KInns additions: Alonnah JA 30 13 Andover FE 2 13 Apsley FE 18 13 Augusta Road FE 2 14! Austin's Ferry MR 10 13 Avoca JA 21 13 Baden FE 24 13 Bagdad FE 17 13 Balfour FE 23 13 Barrington JA 28 13 Beauty Point JA 30 13 Bellerive FE 13 13 Bronte AP 12 13 Bicheno JA 31 13...

I wish I had kept all the stocks of these things that I had. At one stage I purchased 72,000 pictorials(all 1d and and 2d) from Jim Pettard. There were hundreds of 1d Thin papers but it was years ago and was not thinking of that sort of stuff at the time. I will have a good look at what you have wri...

Glaziers Bay Type 2 Page 6 and Page 16. late date should be 4.9.1908.

Not a correction, but an addition recently discovered by Ross Ewington. Baden manuscript can be added to the list of manuscript CDS known.

I have seen the datestamp before. It is quite scarce. It was used only on mail that was posted by servicemen elsewhere in the state and then sent on to the desired destination via Brighton. The army, as Peter has noted, had many small train8ng facilities, Pearsons Point, Campania, Elphin, Western Ju...

Had been seen before with various dates from 1924-1930, but this is later by 5 years and the first copy I have seen in purple ink. Either way it is scarce, no more than 4-5 or so seen.

It's certainly are enough, not as rare as some other numbers such as 17,34, 55, 67 etc. Probably about ten known. It's in higher demand than others as people like it for Norfolk Collections, Tasmanian collections and Islands collections.

Collectors at that time usually purchased material from the "Stamp Branch". I would not be surprised if that canceller was used there.