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BEACHSIDE / 23MY60 / TAS-AUST - new late date for Type 5.

MOLE CREEK / -1OC02 / TAS 7304 .... very few Tasmanian steel datestamps
were used for so long after the introduction of neoprene faced datestamps
in the early 1990s.

PAID AT ST HELENS / 17JA 2002 / TAS-AUST

N.B. although the second digit in the "year" is indistinct I'll call it a zero.
I think this is the only "TAS-AUST" steel datestamp that I have seen with
the year in full!

ERD for Butlers Gorge Type 5 in Avery and Hardinge is 20 MR 41. This example is 7th March.

New late date for Longley Type 1 cds found on cover 8/12/09.

LONGLEY / 24 DE 40 / TASMANIA Previous ERD was 20 NO 40

KELSO / -9AP58 / TASMANIA - new late date for Type 2b KELSO / 3 MY58 / TASMANIA - new early date for Type 5s N.B. I have examined the date on this example and there is definitely no "0" or "1"
printed between the "3" and the "M".

Previous early and late dates:
Type 2b - 30 Sep 1915 to 28 Mar 1958
Type 5s - 1 Sep 1958 to 4 Dec 1973

TAKONE / 24OC29 / TAS - a very "early" strike and
not reported previously in blue ink

Mayberry Type 5s. ERD Avery and Hardinge 25 Jun 64, this example 6 Aug 63. Tenalga MSS. Appears to be ? 13 5 ?? As the Avery and Hardinge ERD is June '17, and I am confident that the month at least on this example is 5( its clearer on the original than the scan), then its most likely ? May 13

Here are two possible new ERDs.
1. Whitefoord No/4/29. Current ERD Avery and Hardinge is 18/Jl/1930.
2. Less clear but seems to be Whitemark 12/FE/30. Current ERD Avery and Hardinge is 27/FE/30. Any comments about validity of these ERDs welcomed.
Pete

REGISTRATION BRANCH 26JE14 LAUNCESTON
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New early date?
It's been a long time since this one has been "moved back" a bit.

BEACONSFIELD MY 10 13 TASMANIA - Type 1 is rated RRRRR
Only two copies of this postmark with a 1913 date have been previously recorded.
[attachment=0]beaconsfield type 1.jpg[/attachment]

Sorry that the image is so small ..... I found it on stampboards.com .... I'll try and
get a larger image from the owner.

STEPPES · -8SE59 · TAS-AUST

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Type 5 is rated R. Previous latest recorded date is 4AU59

Naracoopa type 5 dated 16 AU 39 being early recorded date for this type (previously 10 NO 39). Rated 2R

From the Forrest collection

POST OFFICE · APR 18 1928 · DEVONPORT WEST - a clear and nearly complete example on a horiz. pair
of 1/4d blue KGV defins (single wmk) in fine condition. Until now, the ERD for this RRR rated
Type R2a(ii) datestamp was 20 AUG 1928. * * sorry if the description above reads like an auction description .... it is one ... I'm in a copy and paste
mood today!

Have recorded all these dates up to here. Thanks for the contributions

noticed on eBay ....

new early date for Type R2a MONEY ORDER (OFFICE) BURNIE - 28 OCT 1930
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Previous ERD was 4 NOV 1930

KAWALLAH was renamed NEWSTEAD, effective from February 1st 1961. These datestamp impressions
are on a sequence of four covers (each signed by the postmaster whose name was Freeburgh). I have just described these
for my next internet auction and have assumed that this is the only 'set' seen to date as it provides a new late date
for KAWALLAH (Jan 31st 1961) and a new early date for the first NEWSTEAD Type 5s (March 18th 1961). The first
and last days of use of the Type 5 RELIEF No.6 datestamp neatly ties up the name change as well as the withdrawal and introduction
of datestamps ......such 'changeover covers' are not often seen.
[attachment=0]kawallah to newstead.jpg[/attachment]

The Mayberry cancellation is actually 3rd. August 63. Jeff.
http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=65#p859

PAID AT BATHURST STREET · TAS-AUST - Type 5R

Current LRD is 22AU60 (see below)
Time blocked out (not mentioned in "remarks column")
Date is either 7SE60 or (more likely to be) 27SE60 ..... you can see why they replaced the datestamp soon after!
Current listing:

PAID AT SORELL · -3½D-9SE59 · TAS-AUST previous ERD was -5SE62 and not recorded previously with a value in the dateline

SHANNON · -8JA26 · TAS - current ERD for the Type 4 cds is 13JA26