A CENSUS of TAX MARKINGS USED AT HOBART MAIL EXCHANGE/CENTRE

[Ross Ewington]

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T8c in oval (rubber-faced handstamp) - 11/7/66
[attachment=1]HME T8c 1966.jpg[/attachment]
8c was double the standard letter rate between 14/2/66 and 30/9/67.
The image above is from a small commercial cover mailed without franking.

OVER ONE OZ. T 6c MTT (rubber-faced handstamp) - 28/3/67
[attachment=0]HME T6c 1967.jpg[/attachment]
The "second step" letter rate was 7c between 14/2/66 and 30/9/67. This handstamp
would have been used for mail with only standard letter rate franking affixed.

Can someone refresh my memory as to what the letters MTT stood for?

[Colin Salt]

Refer to The Courier No 7, April 1988. In an article by Colin Jones it was suggested that the letters M.T.T. stood for Mail Transport Tasmania

[Colin Salt]

HANDSTAMP FOR USE ON GREETINGS CARDS WITH MORE THAN FIVE WORDS.


This is a per favour strike which I found amongst correspondence included with an accumulation I purchased some time ago.
The letter accompanying it was dated 20 February 1975. Has it been seen used on mail?

[Ross Ewington]

This may have been applied at the GPO but it's more likely to have been used at the MEB Hobart.

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