Difference between revisions of "Ramsgate"

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== Datestamps ==
 
== Datestamps ==

Revision as of 00:21, 18 May 2014

___ this listing is currently being prepared by RE and any assistance with improving the accuracy and amount of information provided below is welcome___


OPENED: 1-JUL-1895 · CLOSED: 1-NOV-1922


Location:

  • opened as Recherche Bay 11-MAY-1857 · renamed Ramsgate from 1-JUL-1895
  • Recherche Bay datestamp should exist but is yet to be verified
  • facilities were transferred to Catamaran on 1-NOV-1922 however the datestamp remained is use for a few days after that


see [ Google Map] for an enlargement


Barred Numeral Postmark

Second Allocation

  • BN75 originally allocated to Recherche Bay was used at Ramsgate although it's application to the mail may have been abandoned much earlier than usual for this postmark type
  • manuscript '75' cancels have been reported


Datestamps

Type 1 (Circle Stops)

  • Earliest recorded date: 9-AUG-1899 · Latest recorded date: 6-NOV-1922

Report an earlier or later use of the Type datestamp here


To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page

Other Information


Links & References

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page


Please contact Ross Ewington [1] to report any errors and/or omissions or to provide better or 'missing' images, etc.