Takone

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OPENED: 1-MAY-1915 · CLOSED: 31-MAR-1972

Location:

  • situated approx. 21kms SSW of Wynyard at 41° 11' 0" South, 145° 38' 0" East


see Google Map for an enlargement


Datestamps and Postal Markings[edit]

Manuscript

  • only a single example has been recorded (above) but this cancellation indicates that Type 4a cds was issued in 1929 and not earlier as previously thought

Report an earlier or later manuscript cancel here


Type 4a

  • earliest recorded date: 10-OCT-1929· Latest recorded date: 6-MAR-1972
  • recorded in blue with 1929 dates

Report an earlier or later use of the Type 4a datestamp here


To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page

Other Information[edit]

  • gold was discovered at Takone in the early 1930s. The report from The Mercury (above - 'click' on image to enlarge) was published on 6-JAN-1932


Links & References[edit]

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page


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