Difference between revisions of "Geeveston"

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	<center>''''''This listing is currently being prepared by''' [mailto:darylstamps@internode.on.net DMG'']'''</center>'''		<center>''''''This listing is currently being prepared by''' [mailto:darylstamps@internode.on.net DMG'']'''</center>'''
−	OPENED ''':'''	+	OPENED ''':''' 1st - June - 1876 as Geeves-Town
−	RENAMED ''':'''	+	* Still in operation
	'''Location:'''		'''Location:'''
−	[[]] is located in the East Tamar region approx kms North of [[Launceston]]	+	[[Geeveston]] is located in the Huon Valley region approx 22 kms South of [[Huonville]]
−	Post offices close to [[]] were:	+	Post offices close to [[Huonville]] were:
−	*[[]]   kms	+	*[[Waterloo]] 1.5 kms
−	*[[]]   kms	+	*[[Port Huon]],[[Shipwrights Point]] 3.5 kms
−	*[[]]   kms	+	*[[Cairns Bay]] 5.5 kms
−	*[[]] kms	+	*[[castle Forbes Bay]] 8.5 kms
−	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>	+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Dot map geeveston.png
		+	file:Map geeveston,port huon,castle forbes bay,south franklin.jpg</gallery>
−	"Click on image above or see [ Google Maps] for an enlargement"	+	"Click on image above or see [https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Geeveston,+Tasmania&hl=en&sll=-42.841892,147.380335&sspn=0.535694,1.263428&oq=geeveston&hnear=Geeveston+Tasmania&t=m&z=11 Google Maps] for an enlargement"
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−	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:</gallery>	+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:178.jpeg</gallery>
−	Allocated BN:	+	Allocated BN: 178
	* Known on pictorial		* Known on pictorial
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	'''== DATESTAMPS =='''		'''== DATESTAMPS =='''
−	'''[[TYPE 1]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 1a]]'''
		+
		+
		+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:Geeveston t1a.jpeg</gallery>
		+
		+	* Earliest recorded date: 28th - June - 1886
−	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:</gallery>	+	* Latest recorded date: 26th - July - 1918
		+	* Violet ink 1915
−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* CDS Geeves-Town
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Hardinge rated 1 (very Common) in pictorial period
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−	'''[[TYPE 2 ]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 2b]]'''
−	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:</gallery>	+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:Geeveston t2b.jpeg</gallery>
−	* 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)]]'''
−	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>	+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston t5i.jpg
		+	file:Geeveston t5i violet.jpg</gallery>
		+
		+
		+	* Earliest recorded date: 19th - August - 1936
		+	* Latest recorded date: 20th - August - 1969
−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Stop after "Tas"
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Violet ink 1946 and 1949-50
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−	'''[[TYPE R1]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 5(ii)]]'''
−	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>	+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston t5.jpg</gallery>
		+
		+
		+	* Earliest recorded date: 10th - January - 1940
		+	* Latest recorded date: 31st - July - 1963
−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Stop after "Tas" and "Aus"
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* 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
		+
		+	* 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:	+	* Latest recorded date: 6th - May - 1968
		+
		+	* Rated: R
		+
		+	* Used regularly on registered mail
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−	'''[[TYPE 5(s)]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 5sT]]'''
		+
		+
		+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston 5sT.jpeg</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:Geeveston t6.jpg</gallery>
		+
		+
		+	* Earliest recorded date: 5th - June - 1968
−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Latest recorded date: In use 1995
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Replaced type 5(iii)s
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−	'''[[TYPE 5s]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 6a]]'''
−	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>	+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston t6a.jpeg</gallery>
		+
		+	* Earliest recorded date: 11th - November - 1969
−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Latest recorded date: 7th - March - 1978
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Replaced type 5(I)
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−	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>	+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston 7t.jpeg</gallery>
−	* 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 number 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:	+	* 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 R6]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE R6T]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 15th - April - 1992
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Latest recorded date: Still in use 1995
		+
		+	* Blue ink 1992
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	'''== PAID CDS =='''		'''== PAID CDS =='''
−	'''[[TYPE 5s ]]'''	+
		+	'''[[TYPE 5R]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 27th - April - 1953
		+
		+	* Latest recorded date: 7th - March - 1958
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* 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)]]'''
		+
		+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
		+
		+
		+	* 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 8T]]'''	+	'''[[TYPE 5(s)T]]'''
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−	* Earliest recorded date:	+	* Earliest recorded date: 26th - August - 1980
−	* Latest recorded date:	+	* Latest recorded date: 24th - August - 1981
		+
		+	* CDS Paid at Geeveston with time added to dateline
		+
		+	* Red ink
	[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'']
		+
		+
		+
		+	'''[[TYPE 7bT]]'''
		+
		+
		+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Paid at Geeveston 7T.jpg
		+	file:Geeveston paid 7bt.jpg</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]]'''
		+
		+
		+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston paid at 7b(l)T.jpeg</gallery>
		+
		+
		+	* Earliest recorded date: 23rd - August - 1989
		+
		+	* 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'']
		+
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	== Other Information ==		== Other Information ==
		+	* Image of Geeveston Post Office taken 2015
		+	* Postmaster Geeveston Cancel
−	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px></gallery>	+	<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:Geeveston post office.jpg
		+	file:Postmaster geeveston.jpg</gallery>

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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

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Allocated BN: 178

• Known on pictorial

== DATESTAMPS ==

TYPE 1a

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• 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

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• Earliest recorded date: 20th - September - 1918

• Latest recorded date: 15th - August - 1939

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TYPE 5(I)

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• 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)

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• 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

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• 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

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• Earliest recorded date: 11th - November - 1969

• Latest recorded date: 7th - March - 1978

• Replaced type 5(I)

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TYPE 7T

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• 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 number 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

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• 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

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• 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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To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page

Other Information[edit]

• Image of Geeveston Post Office taken 2015

• Postmaster Geeveston Cancel

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Links & References[edit]

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page

Please contact [mailto: the author] of this page to report any errors and/or omissions or to provide better or 'missing' strikes