Priority Paid "Timeclock" Datestamps

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Priority Paid "Timeclock" Datestamps

#1 Post by John Hardinge » Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:03 am

Just wondering if anyone has seen a priority paid CDS from any of the following:

Invermay
New Town
Sorell
Hobart North

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#2 Post by Ross Ewington » Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:35 am

SORELL PP 'CLOCK' DATESTAMP - 1991
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Not on your list but surprisingly scarce

BATHURST STREET PP 'CLOCK' DATESTAMP - 1986
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#3 Post by John Hardinge » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:51 pm

Nice. Thanks for that. I believe I have now seen INvermay so that leaves New Town and North Hobart as the question marks?

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#4 Post by Ross Ewington » Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:36 pm

Not on your list but a nice 'per favour' strike of the PP time-clock datestamp used at LAUNCESTON SOUTH
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#5 Post by Ross Ewington » Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:13 pm

Here are a couple more timeclock datestamps used with Priority Paid mail - I have found both of these
datestamps used at the Hobart Mail Exchange (MEB = Mail Exchange Branch) to be quite scarce.

The diameter of this datestamp is 50mm - 'click' on the image once to view the whole cover___________
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The diameter of this second 'timeclock' datestamp is 55mm
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#6 Post by Ross Ewington » Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:22 pm

Surprisingly, not one that you will see every day - GLENORCHY
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#7 Post by John Hardinge » Wed Oct 16, 2013 1:08 pm

Have now seen Invermay. Not sure about Hobart North and New Town.

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#8 Post by Ross Ewington » Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:25 pm

I have located a second type of time-clock PP datestamp used at GLENORCHY.

Note the different 'arrow' indicator and the post office name in smaller type
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#9 Post by Ross Ewington » Wed Oct 16, 2013 3:04 pm

A few more Priority Paid "time-clock" datestamps

BURNIE
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also seen from 13 SEP 1989


LAUNCESTON POST OFFICE
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LAUNCESTON MAIL CENTRE - I don't recall seeing this datestamp before.
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Also seen dated 22 JAN 1981

ULVERSTONE - 'RECEIVED'
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DEVONPORT - 'Priority Paid' absent from datestamp face.
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HOBART - GPO? - no office name. Both covers are addressed to politicians with offices at 1 Franklin
Wharf (2 blocks from the GPO)
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Anything "new" here?

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#10 Post by Ross Ewington » Thu Oct 17, 2013 4:43 pm

Two more found today on Priority Paid covers

BURNIE - different to the one illustrated above (no PRIORITY PAID included on the datestamp face)
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and a different type for the LAUNCESTON post office
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#11 Post by Ross Ewington » Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:18 am

Here is an 'improver' on the SORELL datestamp which I have posted previously (see above)
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I have never seen more than three or four examples of this particular PP datestamp

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#12 Post by Ross Ewington » Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:26 am

One and the same?
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BURNIE PP time-clock datestamp with (20 JAN 84) and without (13 FEB 1984) 'PRIORITY PAID' (the latter previously reported in this topic)

The diameter of the datestamp and the width of 'BURNIE' and the date are identical - I would assume that the 'without' datestamp
is an altered version of the 'with' type and not a different canceller.

Any thoughts?

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#13 Post by Ross Ewington » Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:00 am

DEVONPORT 7310 19 DEC 1984 with PRIORITY PAID on face of datestamp
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Diameter: 50mm · width of DEVONPORT = 23.5mm · width of postcode = 8mm

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#14 Post by Ross Ewington » Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:14 pm

KINGS MEADOWS 7246* · 13 MAY 1991 · PRIORITY PAID OFFICE - time-clock datestamp

* the postcode should read 7249 - it appears to read '7246' or '7248' but definitely not '7249'
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Has anyone seen this postmark before (John hasn't included it on "The List"? ??

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#15 Post by Ross Ewington » Sat Jul 12, 2014 5:51 pm

INVERMAY · 22 JAN 1981 · 7250
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#16 Post by John Hardinge » Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:14 pm

It's a new one. It leaves two I suspect exist but I have not seen-New Town and Hobart North.

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#17 Post by Ross Ewington » Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:41 pm

finally .... an item sought in the original post!

NEW TOWN - Priority Paid Time-Clock Datestamp
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#18 Post by Ross Ewington » Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:15 pm

finally found ...the 'missing' PP time-clock datestamp used at HOBART NORTH
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#19 Post by Ross Ewington » Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:54 am

found the other example of the HOBART NORTH PP datestamp ...note that the postcode appears to be '7002' (the NH post offices boxes postcode)!
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#20 Post by Ross Ewington » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:02 pm

I have just located what I think is a third (or fourth) type of PP timeclock used at Burnie
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Compare this with the illustrated examples above.

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#21 Post by Ross Ewington » Fri Apr 01, 2016 1:47 pm

A really nice example of the second type of PP datestamp used at GLENORCHY
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#22 Post by Ross Ewington » Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:22 pm

I was just sorting through a shoebox or two today and found this photocopy that John Avery sent to me about 30 years ago

This may be of use to anyone who is working on the Priority Paid timeclock datestamps and are interested in some possible earliest dates
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