Eastern Marshes Siding

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Location: 42° 20' 0" South, 147° 27' 0" East

• situated at Eastern Marshes station on the Hobart-Launceston mainline railway

• re-named Andover in 1893

• see also Eastern Marshes

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Opened: 11-OCT-1889 · Re-named Andover: 01-SEP-1893

Barred Numeral Postmark

Second Allocation

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• Allocated BN283

• Rated: RR

This use of this BN postmark was continued at the office after it was re-named Andover in 1893

Datestamp

Type 1

• Earliest recorded date: 11-OCT-1889 · Latest recorded date: 18-SEP-1893

• Rated RRRRR

Only three examples of this datestamp have been recorded

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Other Information

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• listing in "Bailliere's Tasmanian Gazetteer and Road Guide" (1877)

Links & References

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

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