Money Order Office Hobart datestamp

[torstenweller]

can any-one provide any information about the MONEY ORDER OFFICE / HOBART datestamp on this postcard -



has this datestamp been seen before and if so what are the recorded dates?

why was it applied to this postcard since it was not used to cancel the stamp?
- was the MOO counter involved in the taxing of underpaid items?

why is the MOO datestamp dated the day before the Hobart PR cds cancelling the stamp?
- is this possibly a date error having not been changed from the previous day?

any assistance appreciated
many thanks,

Torsten Weller
www.torstenweller.com

[Ross Ewington]

The Money Order Office cancel may have been 'per favour' and applied the day before
the PPC was mailed in a pillar receiver ..... note that the addressee is a "MO Clerk"
and the sender may have procured a strike as a local 'souvenir of interest' for a person
employed in such a position.

I have never seen anything even vaguely resembling this rubber unframed MOO datestamp however!

[John Hardinge]

I have never seen anything even vaguely resembling this rubber unframed MOO datestamp however!

Well I have certainly seen this CDS before. Think I have two copies ex PMG forms. Earliestb I have seen it however, ins in 1913, so to see it before 1913, especially 5 years befoore is a bit of a relevation. It is very rare. I have also seen virtually the same datestamp from Launceston dating from 1913. Makes sense that this will probably eventually appear before 1913 as well.

[John Hardinge]

Well I have certainly seen this CDS before. Think I have two copies ex PMG forms. Earliestb I have seen it however, ins in 1913, so to see it before 1913, especially 5 years befoore is a bit of a relevation. It is very rare. I have also seen virtually the same datestamp from Launceston dating from 1913. Makes sense that this will probably eventually appear before 1913 as well.

Money Order CDS 1 12 Dec 1898 12 May 1905 RRR “MO & S.B Tasmania”. Red and black inks
2a 22 Nov 1911 26 May 1959 RRRR(S)
RRR(C) “M.O.O Hobart”. Black 1911-22. Red 1947-59
R1(i) 18 Mar 1913 18 Mar 1913 RRRRR “Money Order Office/Hobart”. Blue ink. Unframed CDS. Only one copy known

R1(i) is the CDS. I have another copy, from 1914 I think, that I have not listed. Considering the 1908 date, it may date back to 1905 if it replaced the TYpe 1 CDS.

[Ross Ewington]

Torsten,

Can you please advise as to whether the MOO datestamp is on top of or beneath the writing?

[torstenweller]

on closer inspection under a magnifying glass the message is indeed written on TOP of the MOO datestamp
apparently the CDS was applied first (perhaps even BY the writer?) and then the message written
Torsten