Hythe
OPENED : 11th - May - 1857 as Southport
RENAMED : 30th - June - 1895 to Hythe
RENAMED : 18th - September - 1969 to [[Southport}}
CLOSED : 31st - May - 1974
- Currently a community postal agency
Location:
Hythe is located in the Huon Valley region approx 40kms South of Geeveston
Post offices close to Hythe were:
- Lady Bay 3 kms
- Hastings 6.1 kms
- Lune River 8.6 kms
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== BARRED NUMERAL POSTMARK ==
SECOND ALLOCATION
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Allocated BN: 83
- Known on pictorial
== DATESTAMPS ==
- Earliest recorded date: 10th - October - 1881
- Latest recorded date: 3rd - September - 1889
- CDS was issued around June 1878 as "Southport"
- Rated: RRR
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- Earliest recorded date: 6th - July - 1898
- Latest recorded date: 13th - November - 1931
- Hythe CDS
- Blue ink 1911-12
- Violet ink 1931
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- Earliest recorded date: 10th - March - 1932
- Latest recorded date: 11th - November - 1966
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- Earliest recorded date: 25th - November - 1966
- Latest recorded date: 6th - October - 1967
- Rated: RR
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- Earliest recorded date: 10th - November - 1967
- Latest recorded date: 20th - November - 1969
- Rated: R
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- Earliest recorded date: 9th - December - 1969
- Latest recorded date: 31st - May - 1974
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