Antill Ponds

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OPENED: 25-JUN-1832 · Renamed Woodbury: 1-FEB-1897

• To introduce some confusion, the Antill Ponds Railway Station which was renamed Antill Ponds sometime between 1900 and 1936 and this post office closed 30-AUG-1968. Details relating to the CDS used at this post office are included below.

Location:

• situated 17km north of Oatlands at 42° 10' 0" South, 147° 24' 0" East

• nearby post offices have included Tunbridge and Antill Ponds Railway Station

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• Antill Ponds was renamed Woodbury from 1-FEB-1897. Confusingly, Antill Ponds Railway Station was renamed Antill Ponds. Woodbury and Antill Ponds are just 4km apart.

Barred Numeral Postmark

First Allocation BN10

Allocated BN10

Rated: R

Second Allocation BN1

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Allocated BN1

Datestamps

Type 1a

• Earliest recorded date: 5-OCT-1883 · Latest recorded date: 15-DEC-1898

• Rated RRR

• CDS issued around Jun-1878

• CDS continued in use after name change to Woodbury in 1897 until early in 1899

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Type 4a

• Earliest recorded date: 15-NOV-1936 · Latest recorded date: 8-AUG-1958

• This and subsequent CDS' were used at the post office which was originally known as Antill Ponds Railway Station.

• Found in grey in 1952.

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Type 4a(m)

• Earliest recorded date: 16-DEC-1958 · Latest recorded date: 17-NOV-1966

• Large characters in month.

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Type 5s

• Earliest recorded date: 9-DEC-1966 · Latest recorded date: 30-AUG-1968

• Rated R

• CDS ordered October 1966

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