Devonport
OPENED : 1st - July - 1873 as Formby
RENAMED : 1st - March - 1890 to Devonport West
RENAMED : 1st - May - 1929 to Devonport
Still in operation as an Australia Post Office
Location:
Devonport is located in the North West region approx. 50 kms East of Burnie
Post offices close to Devonport were:
- Devonport East 3 kms
- Don 4 kms
- Quioba 4 kms
- Spreyton 5 kms
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== BARRED NUMERAL POSTMARK ==
SECOND ALLOCATION
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Allocated BN: 152
- Rated: R in Formby period
- Known on pictorial
== DATESTAMPS ==
- Earliest recorded date: 4th - June - 1879
- Latest recorded date: 31st - December - 1889
- Rated: R
- CDS "Formby"
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- Earliest recorded date: 2nd - May - 1890
- Latest recorded date: 2nd - February - 1914
- Rated: RRRRR in Commonwealth period (only 1 known copy)
- Rated: 1 (abundantly common) Hardinge in pictorial period
- CDS "West Devonport"
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- Earliest recorded date: 8th - June - 1896
- Latest recorded date: 15th - November - 1919
- Rated: R in Commonwealth period
- Rated: 6 (scarce) Hardinge in pictorial period
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- Earliest recorded date: 23rd - December - 1902
- Latest recorded date: 18th - July - 1913
- CDS "Devonport West"
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- Rated: 1 (abundantly common) Hardinge in pictorial period
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- Earliest recorded date: 23rd - August - 1907
- Latest recorded date: 19th - November - 1918
- CDS "Devonport West"
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- Blue ink 1915
- Rated: (abundantly common) Hardinge in pictorial period
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- Earliest recorded date: 4th - June - 1910
- Latest recorded date: 4th - August - 1927
- CDS "West D'port"
- Blue ink 1918
- Rated: (abundantly common) Hardinge in pictorial period
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- Earliest recorded date: 5th - August - 1918
- Latest recorded date: 7th - July - 1929
- CDS "Devonport West" formerly Type 3a
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- Earliest recorded date: 2nd - September - 1929
- Latest recorded date: 23rd - September - 1947
- CDS "West" removed to comply with name change to [[Devonport}} on the 1st - May - 1929
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- Earliest recorded date: 17th - December - 1920
- Latest recorded date: 21st - August - 1929
- CDS "Devonport West"
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- Earliest recorded date: 7th - September - 1929
- Latest recorded date: 20th - October - 1938
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- Earliest recorded date: 5th - May - 1922
- Latest recorded date: 5th - May - 1928
- Rated: RR
- CDS "Devonport West/Tasmania" in violet ink
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- Earliest recorded date: 24th - August - 1923
- Latest recorded date: 22nd - December - 1929
- CDS "Devonport West"
- Rated: RRR
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- Earliest recorded date: 25th - March - 1938
- Latest recorded date: 28th - October - 1946
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- Rated: RRRR
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- Earliest recorded date: 11th - July - 1928
- Latest recorded date: 11th - July - 1929
- CDS "Post Office/Devonport West"
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- Rated: RRR
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- Earliest recorded date: 11th - September - 1929
- Latest recorded date: 28th - December - 1933
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- Blue and violet ink
- Rated: R
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- Earliest recorded date: 29th - April - 1930
- Latest recorded date: 1st - May - 1962
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- Earliest recorded date: 13th - January - 1934
- Latest recorded date: 30th - November - 1965
- CDS large letters with oval "O" in "Devonport"
- Violet ink 1944-46
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- Earliest recorded date: 11th - May - 1936
- Latest recorded date: 6th - December - 1967
- CDS round "O" in "Devonport"
- Violet ink 1946
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- Earliest recorded date: 15th - March - 1939
- Latest recorded date: 24th - November - 1945
- Violet ink 1944-46
- Rated: RRR
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- Earliest recorded date: 18th - August - 1946
- Latest recorded date: 5th - October - 1966
- CDS oval "O" in "Devonport" with longer arcs and dash
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- Earliest recorded date: 30th - June - 1970
- Latest recorded date: 23rd - November - 1978
- Rated: R
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- Earliest recorded date: 12th - November - 1947
- Latest recorded date: 1st - September - 1964
- CDS round "O" in "Devonport" with longer arcs and dash
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- Earliest recorded date: 30th - June - 1970
- Latest recorded date: 2nd - January - 1979
- Rated: R
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- Earliest recorded date: 1st - December - 1945
- Latest recorded date: 14th - January - 1970
- CDS has horizontal lines at varying lengths in "e" of "Devonport"
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- Earliest recorded date: 19th - January - 1970
- Latest recorded date: 16th - February - 1970
- Rated: RRRR
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- Earliest recorded date: 29th - July - 1948
- Latest recorded date: 11th - December - 1969
- CDS with letters more widely spaced than 5Ti,noteably the first 3 letters of "Devonpor"t
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- Earliest recorded date: 7th - January - 1970
- Latest recorded date: 20th - February - 1970
- Rated: RR
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- Earliest recorded date: 10th - April - 1967
- Latest recorded date: 2nd - January - 1979
- CDS has round "O" and left arc 8mm in length
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- Earliest recorded date: 26th - April - 1966
- Latest recorded date: 2nd - January - 1979
- CDS has round "O" and left arc 7mm in length
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- Earliest recorded date: 11 - April - 1968
- Latest recorded date: 2nd - January - 1979
- CDS has round "O" and left arc 6mm in length
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- Earliest recorded date: 11th - April - 1968
- Latest recorded date: 1st - December - 1989
- CDS has oval "O" with very short arcs
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- Earliest recorded date: 9th - March - 1970
- Latest recorded date: 16th - May - 1990
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- Earliest recorded date: 9th - March - 1970
- Latest recorded date: 2nd - February - 1992
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- Earliest recorded date: 4th - December - 1978
- Latest recorded date: 1 - December - 1978
- Code 1
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- Earliest recorded date: 4th - December - 1978
- Latest recorded date: 1 - December - 1978
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- Earliest recorded date: 4th - December - 1978
- Latest recorded date: 1 - December - 1978
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- Earliest recorded date: 4th - December - 1978
- Latest recorded date: 1 - December - 1978
- Code 4
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- Earliest recorded date: 4th - December - 1978
- Latest recorded date: 1 - December - 1978
- Code 5
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- Earliest recorded date: 4th - December - 1978
- Latest recorded date: 1 - December - 1978
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- Earliest recorded date: 18th - July - 1980
- Latest recorded date: 27th - March - 1984
- CDS "Devonport/Tas-Aust_7310 with diameter of 32mm but spread over time
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- Black ink 1983-84
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- Earliest recorded date: 26th - April - 1984
- Latest recorded date: 27th - December - 1984
- CDS with 31mm diameter wavy outer line and base reads "Tasmania Aust 7310"
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- Earliest recorded date: 16th - February - 1984
- Latest recorded date: 27th - April - 1984
- CDS 29mm in diameter with smaller compact letters than R6ai and base reads "Tasmania Aust 7310"
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