A CENSUS of TAX MARKINGS USED AT HOBART MAIL EXCHANGE/CENTRE
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:57 pm
PLEASE POST ANY IMAGES IN THIS TOPIC of DIFFERENT TAX MARKINGS USED AT THE HOBART MAIL EXCHANGE/CENTRE
BOARD MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO OPEN NEW TOPICS TO INCLUDE TAX MARKINGS FROM OTHER LARGE (SORTING) OFFICES; e.g. HOBART GPO,
LAUNCESTON, BURNIE, DEVONPORT, QUEENSTOWN, etc.
If possible, please use the following format when posting your images:
1) description (in bold)
2) image (place "inline" is posting an image as an attachment) and
3) any additional information known
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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?
BOARD MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO OPEN NEW TOPICS TO INCLUDE TAX MARKINGS FROM OTHER LARGE (SORTING) OFFICES; e.g. HOBART GPO,
LAUNCESTON, BURNIE, DEVONPORT, QUEENSTOWN, etc.
If possible, please use the following format when posting your images:
1) description (in bold)
2) image (place "inline" is posting an image as an attachment) and
3) any additional information known
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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?