Difference between revisions of "Geeveston"

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	* Known on pictorial		* Known on pictorial
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	'''== DATESTAMPS =='''		'''== DATESTAMPS =='''
−	'''[[TYPE 1]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 1a]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 28th - June - 1886
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Latest recorded date: 26th - July - 1918
		+
		+	* Violet ink 1915
		+
		+	* CDS Geeves-Town
		+
		+	* Hardinge rated 1 (very Common) in pictorial period
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−	'''[[TYPE 2 ]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 2b]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 20th - September - 1918
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Latest recorded date: 15th - August - 1939
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−	'''[[TYPE 3]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 5(I)]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 19th - August - 1936
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: 20th - August - 1969
		+
		+	* Stop after "Tas"
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Violet ink 1946 and 1949-50
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−	'''[[TYPE R1]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 5(ii)]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 10th - January - 1940
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: 31st - July - 1963
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Stop after "Tas" and "Aus"
		+
		+	* Violet ink 1948-50
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−	'''[[TYPE 4a ]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 5(iii)]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 25th - July - 1949
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Latest recorded date: 30th - May - 1962
		+
		+	* No stops
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		+	* Violet ink 1948-50
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−	'''[[TYPE 5]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 5(iii)s]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 29th - April - 1963
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: 6th - May - 1968
		+
		+	* Rated: R
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Used regularly on registered mail
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−	'''[[TYPE 5(s)]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 5sT]]'''
		+
		+
		+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
		+
		+
		+	* Earliest recorded date: 21st - July - 1963
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: 1st - December - 1977
		+
		+
		+	[http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=639 ''Report an earlier or later use of the Type datestamp here'']
		+
		+
		+	'''[[TYPE 6]]'''
		+
	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>		<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 5th - June - 1968
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: In use 1995
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Replaced type 5(iii)s
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−	'''[[TYPE 5s]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 6a]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 11th - November - 1969
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: 7th - March - 1978
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Replaced type 5(I)
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 22nd - June - 1977
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Latest recorded date: 1st - November - 1989
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−	'''[[TYPE 8]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 7(m)T]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 23rd - December - 1989
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Latest recorded date: 25th - August - 1992
		+
		+	* First letter in year is small
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−	'''[[TYPE 8T]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 7aT]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 7th - May - 1988
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: 7th - May - 1988
		+
		+	* Was ordered as a "Paid" CDS and was actually struck in July of 1981
		+
		+	* Only one copy struck before being returned
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Rated: RRRRR
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−	'''[[TYPE R6]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE R6T]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 15th - April - 1992
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: Still in use 1995
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Blue ink 1992
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	'''== PAID CDS =='''		'''== PAID CDS =='''
−	'''[[TYPE 5s ]]'''	+
		+	'''[[TYPE 5R]]'''
		+
		+
		+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
		+
		+
		+	* Earliest recorded date: 27th - April - 1953
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: 7th - March - 1958
		+
		+	* CDS Paid at Geeveston
		+
		+	* Rated: RRRR
		+
		+	* Black ink 1953-54
		+
		+	* Red ink 1958
		+
		+
		+	[http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=639 ''Report an earlier or later use of the Type datestamp here'']
		+
		+
		+
		+	'''[[TYPE 5(s)]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 8th - July - 1966
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: 2nd - January - 1979
		+
		+	* CDS Paid at Geeveston
		+
		+	* Rated: R
		+
		+	* Red Ink
		+
		+
		+	[http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=639 ''Report an earlier or later use of the Type datestamp here'']
		+
−	* Latest recorded date:
		+	'''[[TYPE 5(s)T]]'''
		+
		+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
		+
		+
		+	* Earliest recorded date: 26th - August - 1980
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: 24th - August - 1981
		+
		+	* CDS Paid at Geeveston with time added to dateline
		+
		+	* Red ink
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−	'''[[TYPE 8T]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 7bT]]'''
		+
		+
		+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
		+
		+
		+	* Earliest recorded date: 24th - August - 1981
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: 1st - April - 1989
		+
		+	* Used Paid at Relief from at least 7th April 1989 to 2nd August 1989
		+
		+	* Red ink
		+
		+
		+
		+
		+	[http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=639 ''Report an earlier or later use of the Type datestamp here'']
		+
		+	'''[[TYPE 7b(l)T]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 23rd - August - 1989
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Latest recorded date: Still in use 1995
		+
		+	* Red ink 1989-91
		+
		+	* Black ink from 1991
	[http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=639 ''Report an earlier or later use of the Type datestamp here'']		[http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=639 ''Report an earlier or later use of the Type datestamp here'']
		+

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Revision as of 18:21, 14 February 2015

'This listing is currently being prepared by DMG

OPENED : 1st - June - 1876 as Geeves-Town

• Still in operation

Location:

Geeveston is located in the Huon Valley region approx 22 kms South of Huonville

Post offices close to Huonville were:

• Waterloo 1.5 kms

• Port Huon,[Shipwrights Point]] 3.5 kms

• Cairns Bay 5.5 kms

• castle Forbes Bay 8.5 kms

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"Click on image above or see Google Maps for an enlargement"

== BARRED NUMERAL POSTMARK ==

SECOND ALLOCATION

Allocated BN: 178

• Known on pictorial

== DATESTAMPS ==

TYPE 1a

• Earliest recorded date: 28th - June - 1886

• Latest recorded date: 26th - July - 1918

• Violet ink 1915

• CDS Geeves-Town

• Hardinge rated 1 (very Common) in pictorial period

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TYPE 2b

• Earliest recorded date: 20th - September - 1918

• Latest recorded date: 15th - August - 1939

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TYPE 5(I)

• Earliest recorded date: 19th - August - 1936

• Latest recorded date: 20th - August - 1969

• Stop after "Tas"

• Violet ink 1946 and 1949-50

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TYPE 5(ii)

• Earliest recorded date: 10th - January - 1940

• Latest recorded date: 31st - July - 1963

• Stop after "Tas" and "Aus"

• Violet ink 1948-50

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TYPE 5(iii)

• Earliest recorded date: 25th - July - 1949

• Latest recorded date: 30th - May - 1962

• No stops

• Violet ink 1948-50

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TYPE 5(iii)s

• Earliest recorded date: 29th - April - 1963

• Latest recorded date: 6th - May - 1968

• Rated: R

• Used regularly on registered mail

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TYPE 5sT

• Earliest recorded date: 21st - July - 1963

• Latest recorded date: 1st - December - 1977

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TYPE 6

• Earliest recorded date: 5th - June - 1968

• Latest recorded date: In use 1995

• Replaced type 5(iii)s

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TYPE 6a

• Earliest recorded date: 11th - November - 1969

• Latest recorded date: 7th - March - 1978

• Replaced type 5(I)

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TYPE 7T

• Earliest recorded date: 22nd - June - 1977

• Latest recorded date: 1st - November - 1989

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TYPE 7(m)T

• Earliest recorded date: 23rd - December - 1989

• Latest recorded date: 25th - August - 1992

• First letter in year is small

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TYPE 7aT

• Earliest recorded date: 7th - May - 1988

• Latest recorded date: 7th - May - 1988

• Was ordered as a "Paid" CDS and was actually struck in July of 1981

• Only one copy struck before being returned

• Rated: RRRRR

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TYPE R6T

• Earliest recorded date: 15th - April - 1992

• Latest recorded date: Still in use 1995

• Blue ink 1992

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== PAID CDS ==

TYPE 5R

• Earliest recorded date: 27th - April - 1953

• Latest recorded date: 7th - March - 1958

• CDS Paid at Geeveston

• Rated: RRRR

• Black ink 1953-54

• Red ink 1958

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TYPE 5(s)

• Earliest recorded date: 8th - July - 1966

• Latest recorded date: 2nd - January - 1979

• CDS Paid at Geeveston

• Rated: R

• Red Ink

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TYPE 5(s)T

• Earliest recorded date: 26th - August - 1980

• Latest recorded date: 24th - August - 1981

• CDS Paid at Geeveston with time added to dateline

• Red ink

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TYPE 7bT

• Earliest recorded date: 24th - August - 1981

• Latest recorded date: 1st - April - 1989

• Used Paid at Relief from at least 7th April 1989 to 2nd August 1989

• Red ink

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TYPE 7b(l)T

• Earliest recorded date: 23rd - August - 1989

• Latest recorded date: Still in use 1995

• Red ink 1989-91

• Black ink from 1991

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