Mount Direction
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Opened: 1856 · Closed: 31-DEC-1872
- No datestamp was used at this office during this first period of opening
Location:
- situated
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Re-opened: 01-APR-1893 · Closed 29-JUN-1971
Mount Direction(1) P.O 1856-31 Dec 1872. No CDS issued in this period
Mount Direction(2) 1(circle stops) 7 Aug 1895 29 May 1922 R(S) RR(C) Reopened 1 Apr 1893. CDS issued at or soon after opening. Often poorly struck 4 11 Nov 1922 7 Feb 1950 CDS ordered 17 Jul 1922 and received 14 Oct 1922 5 21 Jun 1950 31 Oct 1969 5(s) 8 Jan 1970 21 Jun 1971 RRR Closed 29 Jun 1971
Barred Numeral Postmarks[edit]
First Period of Operation (until 1872)
- Allocated BN60 · Rated: RRRRR
Second Period of Operation (from 1893)
- Allocated BN347 · Rated RRR
Recorded on Pictorial issues
Mount Direction(2) 1(circle stops) 7 Aug 1895 29 May 1922 R(S) RR(C) Reopened 1 Apr 1893. CDS issued at or soon after opening. Often poorly struck 4 11 Nov 1922 7 Feb 1950 CDS ordered 17 Jul 1922 and received 14 Oct 1922 5 21 Jun 1950 31 Oct 1969 5(s) 8 Jan 1970 21 Jun 1971 RRR Closed 29 Jun 1971
Datestamps[edit]
Circle stops
- Earliest recorded date: 7-AUG-1895 · Latest recorded date: 29-MAY-1922
- Rated R on Tasmanian and RR on Commonwealth issues
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- Earliest recorded date: 11-NOV-1922 · Latest recorded date: 7-FEB-1950
- Unrated but scarce
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