Difference between revisions of "Bulgobac"
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| − | '''OPENED: 1-JUN-1938 · CLOSED: 30-JUN-1957''' ~o~ '''RE-OPENED: 1-JAN-1958 · CLOSED: 30-JUN-1964''' | + | '''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 ''' | + | '''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 | + | * 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 | + | * 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 <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> | + | <gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:bulgobac type 5.jpg |
| + | bulgobac type 5 3.jpg | ||
| + | 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 == | ||
| + | TO VIEW AN ENLARGEMENT, PLEASE 'CLICK' ON ANY IMAGE ONCE | ||
| + | <gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:bulgobac mss 2.jpg | ||
| + | bulgobac mss 3.jpg | ||
| + | bulgobac mss.jpg</gallery> | ||
| − | + | * 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 | |
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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 | ||
* mss cancels are rated '''RRRR''' | * mss cancels are rated '''RRRR''' | ||
Latest revision as of 05:26, 2 June 2014
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
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Other Information[edit]
Links & References[edit]
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