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Was able to purchase this piece at auction Pete and wanted to share the inside contents with you. Thanks for all your help. Perhaps one day I'll find a pre-1901 example with the concession rate but this will do until then.

Greg

Wow Pete, thanks so much for the detailed information! Hopefully I can distill it into a brief coherent paragraph for my exhibit so that the next owner of it won't be misled as I was.

Thanks again,

Greg

Thanks, Pete. I appreciate any additional information you may provide! Even though I doubt any judges would have the knowledge to dispute the cover I still want to describe it as accurately as possible since clearly it is not a concession rate cover.

Greg

Thank you Pete. I very much appreciate your input. I purchased this page from a former exhibitor of this material. If the cover did not qualify under the concession rate at the time of postage why is there a Codlin Moth Act handstamp on it? Could the 1d stamp have been applied after it was mailed? O...

The Tasmanian Postal Guide dated January 1, 1891 grants exemption from postage for officials who mark the envelope with hand stamp "Codlin Moth Act, 1888". The cover below shows such a cover but with a 1d concessional rate. The PO guide makes no mention of a concessional rate as shown on this cover ...