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Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 7:22 pm
by Ross Ewington
Correction for last day of operation of the
PRESTON post office - currently listed as being 30 OC 1981 however
this date was a Saturday and the PO would have closed on a weekday
See 'last day cover' below postmarked on Friday 30 OC 1981 which would have been the actual date of closure
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Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 4:48 pm
by Ross Ewington
New late date for
FALMOUTH Type 5 cds - -5FE69 - previous LRD was -5SE67 so this discovery is quite a' leap forward'.
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Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 2:08 pm
by John Campton
New late use date for the Hobart Type 3(x)(xii) which was the old Parcels cds with the "P" removed. Late use date was 6.1.1928 and shown on the 3d violet KGV this date can now be advanced to 21.6.1928.
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I have shown two images so that you can see the phantom "P" emerging despite removal. Similar to the old Scottsdale west cds where late use cds see the "West" trying to reappear.
Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 2:18 pm
by John Campton
New early use date for the Hobart Type 2(i) cds. Was 2.1.1907 and can be adjusted to 28.9.1906 as per strike on 1d Pictorial below.
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Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2022 1:41 pm
by Ross Ewington
New late date for
HOBART NORTH PAID Type 7b(m)T cds -
24 SE 91
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Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:51 pm
by Ross Ewington
New early date for the
BASE P.O. 6 MD 016 Type M4(ii) cds which is rated 5R
Previous ERD was 9 SE 1942 ....... now
23 JE 1942
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Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:21 pm
by Ross Ewington
New latest recorded date for the
PARCEL POST · GENERAL POST OFFICE HOBART Type R5(iii) rubber datestamp by just over a year!
Previous LRD was 16 Nov 1951 ·
new LRD is 25 Nov 1952
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also, a new ERD for the
DEAD LETTER OFFICE Type 4a cds - previous ERD was 31 Aug 1936 -
new ERD is 16 Oct 1934
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Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 6:03 pm
by John Hardinge
Ross Ewington wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:51 pm
New early date for the
BASE P.O. 6 MD 016 Type M4(ii) cds which is rated 5R
Previous ERD was 9 SE 1942 ....... now
23 JE 1942
Great item (see image above). If only I had not been outbid for it....
Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 5:23 pm
by Ross Ewington
LYETTA - Type 2b
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Note a 'quad' has been used as second number in year for reasons unknown. This example was from John Avery's collection
so it's surprising that the dateline variation hasn't been recorded previously
Devonport West cds R2a(x)(ii)
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:28 am
by John Campton
This rubber cds with the "West" removed has a late use date of 28.12.1933 in Hardinge's Compendium.
However in the image shown it has been used to cancel a 3d Centenary of the Settlement of Victoria which was issued 2.7.1934.
Date of the cds is 31.10.1934 so this pushes it out a further ten months. JH has been advised and he has confirmed the find and noted his records.
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Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2023 5:58 pm
by Ross Ewington
New EARLY DATE for
PAID AT NEW NORFOLK Type 5R - 12.OC.53 ...... beats the published ERD by about 18 months
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Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 3:09 pm
by Ross Ewington
TASMANIA · 1967 (Feb 7th): full clear strike of the
GROVE Type 5sT(i) cds on piece · the general store and PO were destroyed
a few hours later in the "Black Tuesday Bushfires" · not only a new LRD but the ultimate LRD!
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Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2023 1:22 pm
by Ross Ewington
A new late date for the
LAUNCESTON Type 4 cds -
26SE56 - this is about 11 months later than the published LRD
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If you have some FDCs cancelled at Launceston, it may be worthwhile to check out any Type 4 dates as some later dates may turn up!
Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 4:15 pm
by Ross Ewington
A new late date for the
RIDGLEY WEST Type 5(s) cds - 25FE74 ..... previous recorded as being -4JA74
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Post office closed on 30AP74 so there's still scope for improvement!
Re: BOOK: THE POST OFFICES & THEIR DATESTAMPS by J. HARDINGE - report updates here!
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:32 am
by Ross Ewington
A new late date of use by about 6 weeks for the
PAID AT LAUNCESTON SOUTH Type 5sR cds - 6 JA 65
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