FRANK STAMPS - record latest use here

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FRANK STAMPS - record latest use here

#1 Post by Ross Ewington » Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:19 pm

This cover from the Post and Telegraph Department has a frank stamp (Secretary General Post Office) 'cancelled' on December 11th 1902. As the use of stamps perf T was introduced for all government mail from November 1st 1902 I would regard this as a very late official use of any TAS frank stamp.
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Arrival backstamp applied at Launceston dated December 12th confirms the Hobart cds has the date correct.

Do you have any covers with late dates for use - please post them in this topic.

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Re: FRANK STAMPS - record latest use here

#2 Post by Hobbit123 » Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:44 am

I have a Franked cover from the Secretary General Post Office that is dated 20th December 1902.

However, In my write-up I state that the Frank Stamp was used as late as 1904. I think this information came from Randall Askeland, on whose collection mine is based.

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