Deloraine
OPENED: 15-Feb-1845 · OPEN:
- A post office operated at Deloraine between 29-Oct-1836 and 30-Sep-1841
Location:
- located on the Meander River 50km west of Launceston at 41° 32' 0" South, 146° 40' 0" East
- the part of Deloraine located on the eastern side of the Meander River was called originally Alveston
- post offices that once existed nearby include Lemana Junction, Weetah, Needles, Exton, Quamby Brook and Montana but none of these locations currently has an operating post office.
- The nearest places with an operating post office are Mole Creek, Meander and Westbury
see Google Map for an enlargement
Contents
Barred Numeral Postmark[edit]
First Allocation BN25
Rated:
Second Allocation BN25
Datestamps[edit]
Unframed
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- Earliest recorded date: 1867 · Latest recorded date: 29-Jul-1884
- Rated R
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Type 1 no stops
- Earliest recorded date: 24-Oct-1884 · Latest recorded date: 20-Feb-1918
- Rated RRRR in the Commonwealth period
- Recut in March 1905. Latest date before recut 7-Mar-1905. Early date after recut 17-Mar-1905.
- Found in blue: 1913, 1915, 1917-18
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Type 1 circle stops
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- Earliest recorded date: 6-Jun-1900 · Latest recorded date: 21-Nov-1933
- Found in blue: 1912-13, 1914, 1917, 1919
- Found in violet 1912
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Type 3
- Earliest recorded date: 15-Mar-1906 · Latest recorded date: 22-May-1925
- Found in blue: 1910, 1913
- Found in green 1911
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Type 4T
- Earliest recorded date: 28-JUN-1923 · Latest recorded date: 27-APR-1960
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Type 4(s)T
- Earliest recorded date: 11-FEB-1961 · Latest recorded date: 7-JAN-1964
- Rated RRRR
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Type 4a
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- Earliest recorded date: 23-NOV-1933 · Latest recorded date: 3-NOV-1964
- Found in violet during 1949
- Replaced Type 1
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Type 5
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- Earliest recorded date: 29-DEC-1951 · Latest recorded date: 1-AUG-1967
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Type 5(s)
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- Earliest recorded date: 4-JUN-1968 · Latest recorded date: 14-OCT-1981
- Rated RR
- Reserve CDS and not often used
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Type 5sT
- Earliest recorded date: 17-FEB-1960 · Latest recorded date: 12-JUL-1977
- Found in red in 1966
- Found in violet 1967
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Type 5s(i)
- Earliest recorded date: 10-SEP-1965' · Latest recorded date: 26-JUL-1988
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Type 5s(ii)
- Earliest recorded date: 23-AUG-1965 · Latest recorded date: 26-JUL-1988
- Almost not top to "T" of AUST at right
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Type 7T
- Earliest recorded date: 13-JUL-1977 · Latest recorded date: 19-JUL-1989
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Type 7(m)T
- Earliest recorded date: 2-AUG-1989 · Latest recorded date: 26-JUN-1993
- Time, year and date in larger type
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Type 7(l)T
- Earliest recorded date: 29-DEC-1993 · Latest recorded date: In use in 1995
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Type R6
- Earliest recorded date: 21-JUL-1989 · Latest recorded date: In use in 1995
- Blue during 1989-91 then violet
PAID CDS[edit]
Type 2a
- Earliest recorded date: 1910 · Latest recorded date: 1910
- Rated RRRRR
- Only 1 copy known
- CDS ordered 22-SEP-1908
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Type 4R
- Earliest recorded date: 10-FEB-1931 · Latest recorded date: 5-AUG-1965
- Rated RR
- PAID AT DELORAINE. Various Rates including blocked out.
- Black 1935-57
- Red 1958-65
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Type 5s
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- Earliest recorded date: 15-MAR-1967 · Latest recorded date: 9-FEB-1979
- Red
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Type 5sT
- Earliest recorded date: 13-JUL-1979 · Latest recorded date: In use 1995
- Time added to date line
- Red 1979-91
- Black 1991-
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POSTMASTER[edit]
Type ?
- Earliest recorded date: 7-OCT-1987 · Latest recorded date: 7-OCT-1987
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To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings
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Other Cancellations and Postal Items[edit]
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- Early image of Deloraine Post Office
- per favour examples of the Deloraine Crown Seal are relatively common
- Deloraine Railway straight line cancel on telegram
Other Information[edit]
- 17-Sep-1880 Examiner Possible location of the Deloraine Post Office to Alveston
Links & References[edit]
To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings
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