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OPENED : 11th - May - 1857 as Southport

RENAMED : 30th - June - 1895 to Hythe

RENAMED : 18th - September - 1969 to [[Southport}}

CLOSED : 31st - May - 1974

• Currently a community postal agency

Location:

Hythe is located in the Huon Valley region approx 40kms South of Geeveston

Post offices close to Hythe were:

• Lady Bay 3 kms

• Hastings 6.1 kms

• Lune River 8.6 kms

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== BARRED NUMERAL POSTMARK ==

SECOND ALLOCATION

Allocated BN: 83

• Known on pictorial

== DATESTAMPS ==

TYPE 1a

• Earliest recorded date: 10th - October - 1881

• Latest recorded date: 3rd - September - 1889

• CDS was issued around June 1878 as "Southport"

• Rated: RRR

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TYPE 1 (circle stops)

• Earliest recorded date: 6th - July - 1898

• Latest recorded date: 13th - November - 1931

• Hythe CDS

• Blue ink 1911-12

• Violet ink 1931

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TYPE 4a

• Earliest recorded date: 10th - March - 1932

• Latest recorded date: 11th - November - 1966

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TYPE 5s(i)

• Earliest recorded date: 25th - November - 1966

• Latest recorded date: 6th - October - 1967

• Rated: RR

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TYPE 5s(ii)

• Earliest recorded date: 10th - November - 1967

• Latest recorded date: 20th - November - 1969

• Renamed Southport 18th September 1969 but old Hythe CDS used for a short time afterwards

• Rated: R

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TYPE 6a

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• Earliest recorded date: 9th - December - 1969

• Latest recorded date: 31st - May - 1974

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