Great Lake

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Location: 41° 59' 0" South, 146° 44' 0" East

• situated at the southern end of the Great Lake

• the closest post office to Great Lake was at Shannon

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see [ Google Map] for an enlargement

• Opened: 01-AUG-1897 · Renamed Miena: 01-JAN-1921

Barred Numeral Postmark

Second Allocation

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• Allocated BN135 · used previously at Lyndhurst 1869/1893

• Rated: RRR

Examples on Pictorial issues are known

Datestamps

Type 1

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• Earliest recorded date: 07-OCT-1900 · Latest recorded date: 13-JAN-1921

• Datestamp was issued on opening day or not long after

• Examples on Pictorial issues are quite scarce · Rated RR on Commonwealth stamps

• After the PO was renamed Miena, this datestamp remained is use for a short period

• Examples with the same degree of clarity and completeness as those illustrated above are not often seen

Report an earlier or later use of the Type 1 datestamp here

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page

Other Cancellations and Postal Items

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• This manuscript cancellation from 1903 is believed to have been applied at Great Lake

Links & References

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page

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