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Location: 41° 59' 0" South, 146° 44' 0" East

  • situated at the southern end of the Great Lake
  • the closest post office to Great Lake was at Shannon

see [ Google Map] for an enlargement

  • Opened: 01-AUG-1897 · Renamed Miena: 01-JAN-1921


Barred Numeral Postmark[edit]

Second Allocation

  • Allocated BN135 · used previously at Lyndhurst 1869/1893
  • Rated: RRR

Examples on Pictorial issues are known


Datestamps[edit]

Type 1

  • Earliest recorded date: 07-OCT-1900 · Latest recorded date: 13-JAN-1921
  • Datestamp was issued on opening day or not long after
  • Examples on Pictorial issues are quite scarce · Rated RR on Commonwealth stamps
  • After the PO was renamed Miena, this datestamp remained is use for a short period
  • Examples with the same degree of clarity and completeness as those illustrated above are not often seen

Report an earlier or later use of the Type 1 datestamp here


To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page


Other Cancellations and Postal Items[edit]

  • This manuscript cancellation from 1903 is believed to have been applied at Great Lake


Other Information[edit]



Links & References[edit]

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page


Please contact the author of this page to report any errors and/or omissions or to provide better or 'missing' images, etc.