Exeter
OPENED : 1st - April - 1871
CLOSED : 31st - December - 1894
REOPENED : 1st - February - 1895
Office was renamed Tatana on the 6th November 1911
Office name changed back to Exeter on the 1st June 1968
Location:
Exeter is located on the West Tamar approx. 23 kms North of Launceston
Post offices close to Exeter were:
- Lanena 2 kms
- Loira 6 kms
- Gravelly Beach 5 kms
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Barred Numeral Postmark
- Allocated BN: 145
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- Rated: RRR
Datestamps
1st Period of Opening
- Earliest recorded date: 18th - October - 1887
- Latest recorded date: 23rd - September - 1893
- Rated: RRRRR
- Only 2 copies known
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2nd Period of Opening
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- Earliest recorded date: 16th - August - 1896
- Latest recorded date: 10th - January - 1912
- Renamed Tatana 6th - November - 1911 but old cds used for a few months
- Blue Ink 1908 - Grey Ink 1909
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- Earliest recorded date: 10th - February - 1912
- Latest recorded date: 25th - April - 1939
- Rated R in state period
- Manuscript cancels known in this period
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- Earliest recorded date: 1915
- Latest recorded date: 3rd - January - 1923
- Can have manuscript date and use is in early January on known examples
- Rated: RRRRR
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- Earliest recorded date: 13th - April - 1939
- Latest recorded date: 31st - May - 1968
- Late date is last day of use before renaming of office to Exeter on 1st June 1968
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- Earliest recorded date: 1st - June - 1968
- Latest recorded date: 18th - September - 1987
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- Earliest recorded date: 21st - September - 1987
- Latest recorded date: Still in use 1995
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- Earliest recorded date:27th - September - 1989
- Latest recorded date: ?? - February - 1994
- Usually violet ink - Blue ink in 1992
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- Earliest recorded date: 5th - April - 1994
- Latest recorded date: Still in use 1995
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Other Information
- Exeter Post Office taken circa 1980.The Post Office was moved to this location in 1975
- Image taken in 2014 of location of the second Exeter Post Office which is now the Exeter tourist information centre on the corner of Winkleigh Road and West Tamar Highway , Exeter. The Post Office was opened at this location in 1920 moving from the previous location at Everest Road.
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