Deloraine

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OPENED: 15-Feb-1845 · OPEN:

• A post office operated at Deloraine between 29-Oct-1836 and 30-Sep-1841

Location:

• located on the Meander River 50km west of Launceston at 41° 32' 0" South, 146° 40' 0" East

• the part of Deloraine located on the eastern side of the Meander River was called originally Alveston

• post offices that once existed nearby include Lemana Junction, Weetah, Needles, Exton, Quamby Brook and Montana but none of these locations currently has an operating post office.

• The nearest places with an operating post office are Mole Creek, Meander and Westbury

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Barred Numeral Postmark

First Allocation BN25

Rated:

Second Allocation BN25

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Datestamps

Unframed

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• Earliest recorded date: 1867 · Latest recorded date: 29-Jul-1884

• Rated R

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Type 1 no stops

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• Earliest recorded date: 24-Oct-1884 · Latest recorded date: 20-Feb-1918

• Rated RRRR in the Commonwealth period

• Recut in March 1905. Latest date before recut 7-Mar-1905. Early date after recut 17-Mar-1905.

• Found in blue: 1913, 1915, 1917-18

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Type 1 circle stops

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• Earliest recorded date: 6-Jun-1900 · Latest recorded date: 21-Nov-1933

• Found in blue: 1912-13, 1914, 1917, 1919

• Found in violet 1912

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Type 3

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• Earliest recorded date: 15-Mar-1906 · Latest recorded date: 22-May-1925

• Found in blue: 1910, 1913

• Found in green 1911

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Type 4T

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• Earliest recorded date: 28-JUN-1923 · Latest recorded date: 27-APR-1960

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Type 4(s)T

• Earliest recorded date: 11-FEB-1961 · Latest recorded date: 7-JAN-1964

• Rated RRRR

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Type 4a

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• Earliest recorded date: 23-NOV-1933 · Latest recorded date: 3-NOV-1964

• Found in violet during 1949

• Replaced Type 1

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Type 5

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• Earliest recorded date: 29-DEC-1951 · Latest recorded date: 1-AUG-1967

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Type 5(s)

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• Earliest recorded date: 4-JUN-1968 · Latest recorded date: 14-OCT-1981

• Rated RR

• Reserve CDS and not often used

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Type 5sT

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• Earliest recorded date: 17-FEB-1960 · Latest recorded date: 12-JUL-1977

• Found in red in 1966

• Found in violet 1967

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Type 5s(i)

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• Earliest recorded date: 10-SEP-1965' · Latest recorded date: 26-JUL-1988

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Type 5s(ii)

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• Earliest recorded date: 23-AUG-1965 · Latest recorded date: 26-JUL-1988

• Almost not top to "T" of AUST at right

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Type 7T

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• Earliest recorded date: 13-JUL-1977 · Latest recorded date: 19-JUL-1989

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Type 7(m)T

• Earliest recorded date: 2-AUG-1989 · Latest recorded date: 26-JUN-1993

• Time, year and date in larger type

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Type 7(l)T

• Earliest recorded date: 29-DEC-1993 · Latest recorded date: In use in 1995

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Type R6

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• Earliest recorded date: 21-JUL-1989 · Latest recorded date: In use in 1995

• Blue during 1989-91 then violet

PAID CDS

Type 2a

• Earliest recorded date: 1910 · Latest recorded date: 1910

• Rated RRRRR

• Only 1 copy known

• CDS ordered 22-SEP-1908

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Type 4R

• Earliest recorded date: 10-FEB-1931 · Latest recorded date: 5-AUG-1965

• Rated RR

• PAID AT DELORAINE. Various Rates including blocked out.

• Black 1935-57

• Red 1958-65

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Type 5s

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• Earliest recorded date: 15-MAR-1967 · Latest recorded date: 9-FEB-1979

• Red

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Type 5sT

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• Earliest recorded date: 13-JUL-1979 · Latest recorded date: In use 1995

• Time added to date line

• Red 1979-91

• Black 1991-

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POSTMASTER

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• Earliest recorded date: 7-OCT-1987 · Latest recorded date: 7-OCT-1987

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Other Cancellations and Postal Items

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• Early image of Deloraine Post Office

• per favour examples of the Deloraine Crown Seal are relatively common

• Deloraine Railway straight line cancel on telegram

Other Information

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• 17-Sep-1880 Examiner Possible location of the Deloraine Post Office to Alveston

Links & References

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

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