Difference between revisions of "Comstock"
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'''Second Allocation ''' | '''Second Allocation ''' | ||
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* barred numeral ''''313'''' was allocated to this office and used in the first period of operation of a Post Office at Comstock | * barred numeral ''''313'''' was allocated to this office and used in the first period of operation of a Post Office at Comstock | ||
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<big>'''Type 1b '''</big> | <big>'''Type 1b '''</big> | ||
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* Earliest recorded date: Dec 1890 · Latest recorded date: 22 Mar 1894 for the first period of operation of a post office at Comstock | * Earliest recorded date: Dec 1890 · Latest recorded date: 22 Mar 1894 for the first period of operation of a post office at Comstock | ||
Latest revision as of 00:37, 1 July 2014
OPENED: 1 Sep 1890 CLOSED: 22 Feb 1894
REOPENED: 12 Aug 1901 CLOSED: 31 Mar 1903
REOPENED: 14 Jan 1913 CLOSED: 31 May 1914
A free bag was in use to 30 Jun 1955.
Location:
- Comstock was located 4km west of Zeehan with the Comstock Tramway connecting the mine to the West Coast rail network at Zeehan.
BARRED NUMERAL POSTMARK[edit]
Second Allocation
- barred numeral '313' was allocated to this office and used in the first period of operation of a Post Office at Comstock
- examples are rated RRR
- BN313 was reallocated to either Marrawah, The Oaks or Great Lake after the post office at Comstock closed in 1896
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DATESTAMPS[edit]
Type 1b
- Earliest recorded date: Dec 1890 · Latest recorded date: 22 Mar 1894 for the first period of operation of a post office at Comstock
- examples are rated RRRR
- Earliest recorded date: 23 Sep 1901· Latest recorded date: 9 Feb 1903 for the second period of operation of a post office at Comstock
- examples are rated RRRR
Type R1a
- Only recorded date: 14 Jan 1914 during the third period of operation of a post office at Comstock
- examples are rated RRRRR
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