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'''OPENED: 1-JUN-1938 ·  CLOSED: 30-JUN-1957'''
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'''OPENED: 1-JUN-1938 ·  CLOSED: 30-JUN-1957'''    ~~o~~    '''RE-OPENED: 1-JAN-1958 ·  CLOSED: 30-JUN-1964'''
  
'''RE-OPENED: 1-JAN-1958 ·  CLOSED: 30-JUN-1964'''
 
  
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'''Location: situated on the Emu Bay Railway approx. 13kms NNW of Tullah at 41° 37' 42" South, 145° 35' 41" East '''
  
'''Location: situated on the Emu Bay Railway approx. 13kms NNW of Tullah '''
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* closest post office to Bulgobac during it's periods of operation was at '''[[Tullah]]'''
  
* closest post office to Bulgobac during it's period of operation was at '''[[Tullah]]'''
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* Telephone Office only during the second period of operation and there is no evidence that a steel datestamp was issued for use 1958/64
  
* Telephone Office only during the second period of operation and there is no evidence that a steel datestamp was issued
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* listed in Postal Guides until c.1969 but the office <u>definitely</u> closed in 1964
  
* listed in Postal Guides until c.1969 but the office <u>definitely</u> closed in 1964
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* connected to the outside world only by rail, Bulgobac was the site for many decades of a large sawmill as well as an E.B.R. siding with provision for locomotives to take on water
  
 
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:bulgobac location map small.jpg
 
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:bulgobac location map small.jpg
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'''Type 5'''
 
'''Type 5'''
  
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:bulgobac type 5.jpg</gallery>  
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:bulgobac type 5.jpg
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bulgobac type 5 3.jpg
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bulgobac type 5 2.jpg</gallery>  
  
 
* Earliest recorded date: '''7-JUN-1938''' · Latest recorded date: '''26-JUL-1954'''
 
* Earliest recorded date: '''7-JUN-1938''' · Latest recorded date: '''26-JUL-1954'''
  
 
* examples of this datestamp are rated '''RRR''' (on telegram piece) and '''RRRR''' for a genuine postal use
 
* examples of this datestamp are rated '''RRR''' (on telegram piece) and '''RRRR''' for a genuine postal use
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* manuscript additions/alterations to the dateline have been recorded from the 1950s (see example on telegram piece above)
  
 
[http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=639 ''Report an earlier or later use of the Type 5 datestamp here'']
 
[http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=639 ''Report an earlier or later use of the Type 5 datestamp here'']
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== Other Cancellations ==
 
== Other Cancellations ==
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TO VIEW AN ENLARGEMENT, PLEASE 'CLICK' ON ANY IMAGE ONCE
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:bulgobac mss 2.jpg
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bulgobac mss 3.jpg
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bulgobac mss.jpg</gallery>
  
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:</gallery>
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* manuscript cancels ''"'''W. Shepherdson'''"'' (the postmaster) have been recorded from between '''2-JAN-1955''' and '''11-DEC-1955''' and it is presumed that the datestamp had been lost or destroyed
 
 
* manuscript cancels ''"'''W. Shepherdson'''"'' (the postmaster) have been recorded from between 2-JAN-1955 and 11-DEC-1955 and it is presumed that the datestamp had been lost
 
  
 
* mss cancels are rated '''RRRR'''  
 
* mss cancels are rated '''RRRR'''  

Latest revision as of 05:26, 2 June 2014

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OPENED: 1-JUN-1938 · CLOSED: 30-JUN-1957 ~~o~~ RE-OPENED: 1-JAN-1958 · CLOSED: 30-JUN-1964


Location: situated on the Emu Bay Railway approx. 13kms NNW of Tullah at 41° 37' 42" South, 145° 35' 41" East

  • closest post office to Bulgobac during it's periods of operation was at Tullah
  • Telephone Office only during the second period of operation and there is no evidence that a steel datestamp was issued for use 1958/64
  • listed in Postal Guides until c.1969 but the office definitely closed in 1964
  • connected to the outside world only by rail, Bulgobac was the site for many decades of a large sawmill as well as an E.B.R. siding with provision for locomotives to take on water

Please 'click' on the RH map for an enlargement - Bulgobac is not included on Google Maps


Datestamp[edit]

Type 5

  • Earliest recorded date: 7-JUN-1938 · Latest recorded date: 26-JUL-1954
  • examples of this datestamp are rated RRR (on telegram piece) and RRRR for a genuine postal use
  • manuscript additions/alterations to the dateline have been recorded from the 1950s (see example on telegram piece above)

Report an earlier or later use of the Type 5 datestamp here


Other Cancellations[edit]

TO VIEW AN ENLARGEMENT, PLEASE 'CLICK' ON ANY IMAGE ONCE

  • manuscript cancels "W. Shepherdson" (the postmaster) have been recorded from between 2-JAN-1955 and 11-DEC-1955 and it is presumed that the datestamp had been lost or destroyed
  • mss cancels are rated RRRR

Report an earlier or later use of a manuscript cancel at this office here

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page

Other Information[edit]


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 listing [mailto:] to report any errors and/or omissions or to provide better or 'missing' images, etc.