Eastern Marshes Siding

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Location: 42° 20' 0" South, 147° 27' 0" East

  • situated at Eastern Marshes station on the Hobart-Launceston mainline railway


see Google Map for an enlargement


Opened: 11-OCT-1889 · Re-named Andover: 01-SEP-1893


Barred Numeral Postmark[edit]

Second Allocation

  • Allocated BN283
  • Rated: RR

This use of this BN postmark was continued at the office after it was re-named Andover in 1893


Datestamp[edit]

Type 1

  • Earliest recorded date: 11-OCT-1889 · Latest recorded date: 18-SEP-1893
  • Rated RRRRR

Only three examples of this datestamp have been recorded

Post an image or report an earlier/later use of the Type 1 datestamp here


Other Information[edit]

  • listing in "Bailliere's Tasmanian Gazetteer and Road Guide" (1877)


Links & References[edit]

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page


Please contact the author of this page to report any errors and/or omissions or to provide better or 'missing' images, etc.