Takone

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OPENED: 1-MAY-1915 · CLOSED: 31-MAR-1972

Location:

• situated approx. 21kms SSW of Wynyard at 41° 11' 0" South, 145° 38' 0" East

• nearest post offices were at Henrietta and Yolla

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see Google Map for an enlargement

Datestamps and Postal Markings

Manuscript

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• only a single example has been recorded (above) but this cancellation indicates that Type 4a cds was issued in 1929 and not earlier as previously thought

Report an earlier or later manuscript cancel here

Type 4a

• earliest recorded date: 10-OCT-1929· Latest recorded date: 6-MAR-1972
• recorded in blue with 1929 dates

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Report an earlier or later use of the Type 4a 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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• gold was discovered at Takone in the early 1930s. The report from The Mercury (above - 'click' on image to enlarge) was published on 6-JAN-1932

Links & References

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