Early Tasmanian Post Cards Pre 1902

[Mike]

Tasmanian Picture Postcards before 1902 are scarce, before 1901 are rare and before 1900 very rare. I thought it would be interesting to start a register of early dated Tasmanian postcards. Please add your scans if you have an early card. My earliest card is dated August 14th 1899. It was posted from Launceston to France. The card was printed by the Examiner Launceston.

[Mike]

Tasmanian view, posted 14/3/00 Adelaide (unfortunately not in Tasmania) Printed by Robert Jolly Melbourne.
These cards should exist posted in Tasmania.

Can you add to these Jolley views?

1 Cora Lynn Bridge Tas.
2 Distillery Creek Tasmania
3. Cataract Gorge, Tas

[Mike]

Another Jolley card. The River Leven Tasmania. Not postally used.

[Mike]

Two more Robert Jolley cards, both posted 28/2/1900 from Adelaide to Madam Wilson, Paris.

Cataract Gorge, Tas.
Cattaract Cliff Grounds, Tas.

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[Mike]

Another card from the Jolley series. This card has not been posted.

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[Mike]

Distillery Creek, Tasmania. Unused.

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[Mike]

Postcard posted 15/1/00 to Bristol England. 1d 1/2 rate. 1d De La Rue pictorial.
According to Lancaster page 13, the earliest know cancellation for 1d Mount wellington is 13/12/99. This postcard is dated only 33 days after that early date. This is the earliest date I have seen with a pictorial on a postcard. Do you have an earlier date??

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[Ross Ewington]

re Mike's card above....

I just noticed another example of this card (same photo) used in 1902 in a poor condition offered on eBay
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It's the same photo but a little reduced. The publisher (J.Walch & Son) is inscribed down the edge
of this card so I am fairly confident in assuming that Mike's card was from the same source.

[Mike]

A French card? Posted from Sydney 14/11/99 to Germany. View is "Digger from Maestri Tasmanie" This is a very early view of one of the Maestri mines at Dundas. Wilberton Tilley's book "The Wild West of Tasmanian" published by Evershed Bros of Zeehan and Dundas 1891 lists 3 Maestri mines,
Maestri's Broken Hill, Maestri No1 and Maestri No2 .

This card should exist postally used from Tasmania. Keep a look out !

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[Mike]

Two more cards unposted from the Examiner, Launceston. These cards are c1898-1899. See the first post above.

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[Mike]

An attractive postcard with a reasonably early posting from Hobart to London on 3rd January 1901.

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[Mike]

An early attractive postcard, posted Hobart 1/11/1900 to Scotland.

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