Waratah

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Location:

• situated 64km south of Burnie at 41° 27' 0" South, 145° 32' 0" East

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Opened (as Mt Bischoff): 1-SEP-1874 · OPEN

• Name changed to Waratah 1-JAN-1882

Barred Numeral Postmark

Second Allocation BN299

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Allocated BN299 from 1889

Datestamps

Type 1 solid stops

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• Earliest recorded date: 24-JAN-1883 · Latest recorded date: 11-OCT-1934

• Found with both code 8 (very common) and no code (less common)

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Type 1 circle stops

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• Earliest recorded date: 5-JAN-1899 · Latest recorded date: 10-NOV-1914

• Found in green/blue 1901-1902

• Found in blue 1909

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Type 2b

• Earliest recorded date: 19-DEC-1914 · Latest recorded date: 16-APR-1969

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Type 6a

• Earliest recorded date: 28-APR-1969 · Latest recorded date: In use 1995

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Type R6a

• Earliest recorded date: 4-SEP-1987 · Latest recorded date: In use 1995

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