Exeter

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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:



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Barred Numeral Postmark

2ND ALLOCATION

  • Allocated BN: 145


  • Rated: RRR


Datestamps

TYPE 1

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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TYPE 1

2nd Period of Opening



  • 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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TYPE 3



  • 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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TYPE R3a



  • 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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TYPE 5



  • 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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TYPE 6



  • Earliest recorded date: 1st - June - 1968
  • Latest recorded date: 18th - September - 1987



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TYPE 8



  • Earliest recorded date: 21st - September - 1987
  • Latest recorded date: Still in use 1995



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TYPE R6



  • Earliest recorded date:27th - September - 1989
  • Latest recorded date: ?? - February - 1994
  • Usually violet ink - Blue ink in 1992



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TYPE R8



  • 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.




Links & References

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page


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