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''Postcard image of the post office c.1905 .... annotated "Smallest in the Commonwealth" !! (Simco Collection)''
 
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== '''Barred Numeral Postmark''' ==
 
== '''Barred Numeral Postmark''' ==

Revision as of 14:42, 20 January 2016

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Location: 41° 13' 0" South, 146° 11' 0" East

see Google map for an enlargement


Post Office Opened: 05-JAN-1889 · Closed: 19-NOV-1966

Postcard image of the post office c.1905 .... annotated "Smallest in the Commonwealth" !! (Simco Collection)

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Barred Numeral Postmark

  • Allocated Barred Numeral Canceller '293' in 1889
  • Rated R

This Second Allocation barred numeral postmark can be found cancelling Pictorial issues

Datestamps

Type 1b

  • Earliest recorded date: 14-FEB-1897 · Latest recorded date: 14-JUN-1937
  • Hardinge rated 3 (uncommon)

Datestamp manufactured around or soon after office opening date. Cancels in blue ink from 1909 reported


Type 5

  • Earliest recorded date: 14-JUN-1937 · Latest recorded date: 01-NOV-1966

Datestamp manufactured during May 1937.

Other Information


Links & References

To the Main Page (Index)

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types page


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