Teepookana

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The post office operated for three periods

• 08-JAN-1895 to 24-OCT-1896 · Mrs. M. Perkins was the first appointed postmistress

• 15-JUN-1899 to 31-OCT-1899

• 01-JAN-1902 to 11-FEB-1903 (as a Mail Receiving House only)

Location: 42° 11' 00" South, 145° 27' 00" East

• situated on the lower reaches of the King River, approx. 9kms ESE of Strahan and 16km SW of Queenstown

• the closest post offices to Teepookana during the three periods of operation were at Regatta Point and Rinadeena

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Google Map enlargement

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View of railway siding and port at Teepookana c.1900.

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Barred Numeral Postmarks

Second Allocation

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BN353 was allocated to the office during the first period of operation

Rated RRR

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BN367 was allocated to the office during the second period of operation

Rated RRRR

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Datestamps

Type 1(i)

Town name spaced as TEE POO KANA and with circle stops · used during the first and second periods of operation

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Earliest recorded date: 15-JUL-1896 · Latest recorded date (first period); 15-JUL-1896

Rated RRRRR this period (only one example has been recorded)

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Earliest recorded date (second period): 16-JUL-1899 · Latest recorded date: 06-OCT-1899

Rated RRRRR this period

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Type 1(ii)

Town name as one word; no stops or arcs. Used during the third period of operation

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Earliest recorded date: 15-FEB-1902 · Latest recorded date: 07-SEP-1902

Rated RRRR (RRRRR by Hardinge)

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Other Information

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Tasmanian Government Gazette notice re the opening of the Teepookana post & money order office in the The Mercury, 22-JAN-1895

Links

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