Black Sugar Loaf

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Location: 41° 27' 0" South, 146° 51' 0" East

• was situated 13.5km NNW of Westbury

• the closest post offices to Black Sugar Loaf were at Selbourne and Rosevale

• name of post office changed to Birralee on 01-JAN-1915

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see Google Map for an enlargement

• Opened: 01-NOV-1883 · Re-named Birralee: 01-JAN-1915

• Mr Squires appointed as the first postmaster

Barred Numeral Postmark

Second Allocation

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• allocated barred numeral canceller '226'

• examples are rated RRR

Datestamp

Type 1

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• Earliest recorded date: 20-JUN-1900 · Latest recorded date: 21-OCT-1914

• Hardinge rated 13(RRR-) in pictorial period and are extremely hard to find as a clear strike

• Rated RRRR on Commonwealth issues

• Clear strikes of this datestamp are elusive

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 Information

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• opening of the post office reported in The Mercury on 13-NOV-1883

Links & References

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page

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