Gravelly Beach
OPENED : 1st - April - 1911
- Still operating as a LPO
Location:
Gravelly Beach is located on the West Tamar approx. 25 kms North of Launceston
Post offices close to Gravelly Beach were:
- Robigana 3 kms
- Exeter 4 kms
- Deviot 8 kms
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Datestamps[edit]
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- 1st period of use (CDS misplaced late September 1912)
- Earliest recorded date: 27th - October - 1911
- Latest recorded date: 25th - September - 1912
- 2nd period of use (CDS found mid November 1912)
- Earliest recorded date: 18th - November - 1912
- Latest recorded date: 10th - July - 1964
- Hardinge rated 13 (RRR-) in Pictorial period but can be elusive to find a decent strike
- Blue ink 1913-21 , Violet ink 1951
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- Earliest recorded date: 12th - October - 1912
- Latest recorded date: 12th - November - 1912
- Hardinge rated 20 (RRRRR)
- Returned when misplaced type 2b CDS was found
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- Earliest recorded date: 5th - August - 1964
- Latest recorded date: 8th - September - 1978
- Proof strike known dated 14th - May - 1964 ex PMG stores
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- Earliest recorded date: 11th - September - 1978
- Latest recorded date: 22nd - September - 1987
- Blue/Violet ink 1985
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- Earliest recorded date: 23rd - September - 1987
- Latest recorded date: In use 1995
- Replaced with rubber CDS in 1995
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Other Information[edit]
- Image taken in 2014 of Gravelly Beach Post Office. The store has been in operation since 1910. Located opposite the foreshore on Gravelly Beach Road , Gravelly Beach
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Links & References[edit]
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