Philatelic links
Tasmania and related subjects
Useful links for collectors of Tasmanian and Australian Material
Other Tasmanian Philatelic Societies
The Launceston Philatelic Society is an active club with two meetings per month, including sales and displays, circuit sheets, and 6-monthly market days. Check out the Launceston Philatelic Society site.
The following businesses are members of the TPS and offer material likely to be of interest to members
The Stamp Place
Tazi Tigers' Den
Tasmanian Revenues - Dave Elsmore's site is full of useful information
Revenue and Railway Stamps of Australia (includes Tasmania)
Collection of Tasmanian Revenues
1 Judging Tasmanian Revenue collections
On-line Revenues and Railways stamp catalogue
Philatelic sites with Tasmanian content
2 Society of Australasian Specialists
British Society of Australian Philately
Useful links for Tasmanian Postmark collectors
* A data base of Tasmanian Town names
See the Resources page for checklists and articles about Tasmanian post marks
This Post Office Database from Premier Postal Auctions provides a searchable database of post Offices
The Tattersall's Private Mail Network
5 Tasmanian Tattersall's Tickets & Stamp Duty Tax.
The World Association for the Development of Philately (WADP) Numbering system
Philatelic database
Australian Philatelic Links
Australian Philatelic Society The Society is based in Melbourne, Australia and has members from around the world dedicated to the research, study, publication and display of all aspects of philately and postal history, both of Australia and its States, and worldwide. The Society states its objective is to provide the best possible environment for the encouragement and promotion of philately. It states it is forward-looking and dynamic, aiming to be the premier society in Australasia, bringing new members, and all collecting interests together for the good of philately.
Links - Other Australian States
Les Molnar's comprehensive Victoria site
Queensland Postal Markings to 1913
Footnotes
1 Very useful paper lists the key items for inclusion in a Tas Revenues collection
2 Much of interest to the Tasmanian collector plus States, Australia, New Zealand and S. Pacific Islands. Publishes the 1/4ly Journal, 'The Informer'.
3 An Australia Post site with details of Australian Stamp issues
4An Australia Post Site providing details of individual post Offices - search for Tasmanian Post Offices here
5David McNamee detailed the story of Tattersals Private mail network in his book, Beating the Odds (Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, 2002, isbn 0 947345 175). This site by Dave Elsemore may be of interest.
6The WADP and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) jointly conceived and developed this system which was launched on- WNS, which was launched on 1 January 2002.
7A database of Philatelic references, including Tasmania - continually up-dated