Antill Ponds
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OPENED: 25-JUN-1832 · Renamed Woodbury: 1-FEB-1897
- To introduce some confusion, the Antill Ponds Railway Station which was renamed Antill Ponds sometime between 1900 and 1936 and this post office closed 30-AUG-1968. Details relating to the CDS used at this post office are included below.
Location:
- situated 17km north of Oatlands at 42° 10' 0" South, 147° 24' 0" East
- nearby post offices have included Tunbridge and Antill Ponds Railway Station
see Google Map for an enlargement
- Antill Ponds was renamed Woodbury from 1-FEB-1897. Confusingly, Antill Ponds Railway Station was renamed Antill Ponds. Woodbury and Antill Ponds are just 4km apart.
Barred Numeral Postmark[edit]
First Allocation BN10
Allocated BN10
Rated: R
Second Allocation BN1
Allocated BN1
Datestamps[edit]
- Earliest recorded date: 5-OCT-1883 · Latest recorded date: 15-DEC-1898
- Rated RRR
- CDS issued around Jun-1878
- CDS continued in use after name change to Woodbury in 1897 until early in 1899
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- Earliest recorded date: 15-NOV-1936 · Latest recorded date: 8-AUG-1958
- This and subsequent CDS' were used at the post office which was originally known as Antill Ponds Railway Station.
- Found in grey in 1952.
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Type 4a(m)
- Earliest recorded date: 16-DEC-1958 · Latest recorded date: 17-NOV-1966
- Large characters in month.
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- Earliest recorded date: 9-DEC-1966 · Latest recorded date: 30-AUG-1968
- Rated R
- CDS ordered October 1966
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