UNUSUAL DESTINATIONS - POST YOUR ITEMS HERE

[Ross Ewington]

Prior to World War One, Tasmania must have been a fairly exotic destination for mail from many
countries around the globe and of course the opposite was true also. I have started this topic for
the recording of covers and cards with uncommon and/or rare destinations.

Here are my first contributions- please join in!

1908 - PPC sent from Burnie to Finland .... uncommon destination for era, even for a PPC.
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1910 - PPC sent from Hobart to Maria Island ..... yes, there were rare intrastate destinations too.
This is the first example on an item of mail addressed to Maria island that I have seen!
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[Ross Ewington]

1901 - commercial cover sent from Hobart to SIAM via Singapore

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[David McNamee]

Illustrated is an official letter endorsed by Postmaster A. C. Douglas to the British Post Office Constantinople sent FREE from Hobart 10 June 1876. The unframed Hobart Town c.d.s. is Type 3 according to Randall Askeland. Covers from the 1870s are uncommon in my experience, and this is the first unframed Hobart Town I have owned. The Alexandria c.d.s. of 23 July 1876 is Peter A. Smith's Type D-2, B (Egypt: Stamps and Postal History, pp. 59-60), and this cover provides a new late date for that marking. The Suez c.d.s. 25 July 1876 is Smith's Type D-2. The cover was received in the British Post Office Constantinople 3 August 1876 and the red c.d.s. is the receiving mark of the type sent out from the British Post Office 20 August 1870. A number of examples from the 1870s are known.

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