Pillinger

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Opened: 1 JUN 1899 · Closed: 18 APR 1924

Location: situated at Kelly Basin on Macquarie Harbour at 42° 21′ 0″ South, 145° 34′ 0″ East

• opened as Kelly's Basin in 1898 and renamed Pillinger on 1 JUN 1899. The Kelly's Basin datestamp remained in use until late in 1910

• the closest post offices to Pillinger during it's period of operation were at Darwin and Crotty

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2nd Allocation Barred Numeral Postmark

BN230

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• BN230 is rated RR and was previously used at Upper Cascade River, Norfolk Plains East, Pateena and then finally at Kelly's Basin

• although it cannot be 'tied' to the Pillinger cds it has been 'tied' to the Kelly's Basin datestamp after the PO was re-named

Report an earlier or later use of BN230 postmark here

Datestamp

Type 2c

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• Earliest recorded date: 12 OCT 1910 · Latest recorded date: 8 OCT 1922

• Rated RR prior to 1913 with examples on Commonwealth Period stamps rated RRR

Report an earlier or later use of the Type 2c datestamp here

Other Cancellations

• manuscript cancellations have been reported circa 1899 for reasons unknown

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

Other Information

• the population at the time of the 1901 Census was 637 persons

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