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<center>''''''This listing is currently being prepared by''' [mailto:darylstamps@internode.on.net DMG'']'''</center>'''
 
<center>''''''This listing is currently being prepared by''' [mailto:darylstamps@internode.on.net DMG'']'''</center>'''
  
OPENED ''':'''   
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OPENED ''':''' 1st - June - 1876 as Geeves-Town    
  
RENAMED ''':''' 
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* Still in operation   
  
  
 
'''Location:'''
 
'''Location:'''
  
[[]] is located in the East Tamar region approx kms North of [[Launceston]]
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[[Geeveston]] is located in the Huon Valley region approx 22 kms South of [[Huonville]]
  
Post offices close to [[]] were:
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Post offices close to [[Huonville]] were:
 
   
 
   
*[[]]   kms
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*[[Waterloo]] 1.5 kms
  
*[[]]   kms
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*[[Port Huon]],[[Shipwrights Point]] 3.5 kms
  
*[[]]   kms
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*[[Cairns Bay]] 5.5 kms
  
*[[]] kms
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*[[castle Forbes Bay]] 8.5 kms
  
  
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Dot map geeveston.png
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file:Map geeveston,port huon,castle forbes bay,south franklin.jpg</gallery>
  
  
"Click on image above or see [ Google Maps] for an enlargement"
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"Click on image above or see [https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Geeveston,+Tasmania&hl=en&sll=-42.841892,147.380335&sspn=0.535694,1.263428&oq=geeveston&hnear=Geeveston+Tasmania&t=m&z=11 Google Maps] for an enlargement"
  
  
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:</gallery>  
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:178.jpeg</gallery>  
  
  
Allocated BN:  
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Allocated BN: 178 
  
 
* Known on pictorial  
 
* Known on pictorial  
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'''== DATESTAMPS =='''
 
'''== DATESTAMPS =='''
  
'''[[TYPE 1]]'''
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'''[[TYPE 1a]]'''
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:Geeveston t1a.jpeg</gallery>
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* Earliest recorded date: 28th - June - 1886   
  
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:</gallery>
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* Latest recorded date: 26th - July - 1918
  
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* Violet ink 1915
  
* Earliest recorded date:   
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* CDS Geeves-Town
  
* Latest recorded date:
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* Hardinge rated 1 (very Common) in pictorial period
  
  
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'''[[TYPE 2 ]]'''
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'''[[TYPE 2b]]'''
  
  
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:</gallery>  
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:Geeveston t2b.jpeg</gallery>  
  
  
* Earliest recorded date:   
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* Earliest recorded date: 20th - September - 1918    
  
* Latest recorded date:  
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* Latest recorded date: 15th - August - 1939
  
  
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'''[[TYPE 3]]'''
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'''[[TYPE 5(I)]]'''
 
   
 
   
  
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston t5i.jpg
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file:Geeveston t5i violet.jpg</gallery>
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* Earliest recorded date: 19th - August - 1936 
  
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* Latest recorded date: 20th - August - 1969
  
* Earliest recorded date: 
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* Stop after "Tas"
  
* Latest recorded date: 
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* Violet ink 1946 and 1949-50 
  
  
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'''[[TYPE R1]]'''
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'''[[TYPE 5(ii)]]'''
  
  
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston t5.jpg</gallery>
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* Earliest recorded date: 10th - January - 1940   
  
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* Latest recorded date: 31st - July - 1963
  
* Earliest recorded date:   
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* Stop after "Tas" and "Aus"
  
* Latest recorded date:
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* Violet ink 1948-50
  
  
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'''[[TYPE 4a ]]'''
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'''[[TYPE 5(iii)]]'''
  
 
   
 
   
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* Earliest recorded date:   
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* Earliest recorded date: 25th - July - 1949    
  
* Latest recorded date:   
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* Latest recorded date: 30th - May - 1962
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* No stops
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* Violet ink 1948-50    
  
  
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'''[[TYPE 5]]'''
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'''[[TYPE 5(iii)s]]'''
  
 
   
 
   
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* Earliest recorded date:  
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* Earliest recorded date: 29th - April - 1963
  
* Latest recorded date:   
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* Latest recorded date: 6th - May - 1968
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* Rated: R
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* Used regularly on registered mail    
  
  
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'''[[TYPE 5(s)]]'''
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'''[[TYPE 5sT]]'''
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston 5sT.jpeg</gallery>
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* Earliest recorded date: 21st - July - 1963 
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* Latest recorded date: 1st - December - 1977 
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[http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=639 ''Report an earlier or later use of the Type datestamp here'']
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'''[[TYPE 6]]'''
 
   
 
   
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
 
  
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston t6.jpg</gallery>
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* Earliest recorded date: 5th - June - 1968
  
* Earliest recorded date:  
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* Latest recorded date: In use 1995
  
* Latest recorded date: 
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* Replaced type 5(iii)s 
  
  
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'''[[TYPE 5s]]'''
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'''[[TYPE 6a]]'''
 
   
 
   
  
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston t6a.jpeg</gallery>
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* Earliest recorded date: 11th - November - 1969 
  
* Earliest recorded date:  
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* Latest recorded date: 7th - March - 1978
  
* Latest recorded date: 
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* Replaced type 5(I) 
  
  
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston 7t.jpeg</gallery>
  
  
* Earliest recorded date:  
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* Earliest recorded date: 22nd - June - 1977 
  
* Latest recorded date:
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* Latest recorded date: 1st - November - 1989 
  
  
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'''[[TYPE 8]]'''
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'''[[TYPE 7(m)T]]'''
 
   
 
   
  
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* Earliest recorded date:
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* Earliest recorded date: 23rd - December - 1989
  
* Latest recorded date:  
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* Latest recorded date: 25th - August - 1992
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* First number in year is small
  
  
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'''[[TYPE 8T]]'''
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'''[[TYPE 7aT]]'''
 
   
 
   
  
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* Earliest recorded date:
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* Earliest recorded date: 7th - May - 1988 
  
* Latest recorded date:  
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* Latest recorded date: 7th - May - 1988
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* Was ordered as a "Paid" CDS and was actually struck in July of 1981
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* Only one copy struck before being returned
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* Rated: RRRRR
  
  
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'''[[TYPE R6]]'''
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'''[[TYPE R6T]]'''
 
   
 
   
  
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* Earliest recorded date:
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* Earliest recorded date: 15th - April - 1992 
  
* Latest recorded date:
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* Latest recorded date: Still in use 1995
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* Blue ink 1992   
  
  
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'''== PAID CDS =='''
 
'''== PAID CDS =='''
  
'''[[TYPE 5s ]]'''
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'''[[TYPE 5R]]'''
 
   
 
   
  
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* Earliest recorded date:   
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* Earliest recorded date: 27th - April - 1953  
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* Latest recorded date: 7th - March - 1958
  
* Latest recorded date: 
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* CDS Paid at Geeveston
  
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* Rated: RRRR
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* Black ink 1953-54
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* Red ink 1958 
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'''[[TYPE 5(s)]]'''
 
   
 
   
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:</gallery>
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* Earliest recorded date: 8th - July - 1966 
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* Latest recorded date: 2nd - January - 1979
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* CDS Paid at Geeveston
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* Rated: R
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* Red Ink 
  
  
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'''[[TYPE 8T]]'''
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'''[[TYPE 5(s)T]]'''
 
   
 
   
  
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* Earliest recorded date:
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* Earliest recorded date: 26th - August - 1980 
  
* Latest recorded date:   
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* Latest recorded date: 24th - August - 1981
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* CDS Paid at Geeveston with time added to dateline
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* Red ink  
  
  
 
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[http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=639 ''Report an earlier or later use of the Type datestamp here'']
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'''[[TYPE 7bT]]'''
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Paid at Geeveston 7T.jpg
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file:Geeveston paid 7bt.jpg</gallery>
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* Earliest recorded date: 24th - August - 1981 
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* Latest recorded date: 1st - April - 1989
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* Used Paid at Relief from at least 7th April 1989 to 2nd August 1989
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* Red ink
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'''[[TYPE 7b(l)T]]'''
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>file:Geeveston paid at 7b(l)T.jpeg</gallery>
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* Earliest recorded date: 23rd - August - 1989 
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* Latest recorded date: Still in use 1995
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* Red ink 1989-91
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* Black ink from 1991
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== Other Information ==
 
== Other Information ==
  
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* Image of Geeveston Post Office taken 2015
  
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* Postmaster Geeveston Cancel
  
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px></gallery>
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px>File:Geeveston post office.jpg
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file:Postmaster geeveston.jpg</gallery>
  
  

Latest revision as of 05:19, 6 July 2015

'This listing is currently being prepared by DMG

OPENED : 1st - June - 1876 as Geeves-Town

  • Still in operation


Location:

Geeveston is located in the Huon Valley region approx 22 kms South of Huonville

Post offices close to Huonville were:



"Click on image above or see Google Maps for an enlargement"


== BARRED NUMERAL POSTMARK ==


SECOND ALLOCATION



Allocated BN: 178

  • Known on pictorial


== DATESTAMPS ==

TYPE 1a



  • Earliest recorded date: 28th - June - 1886
  • Latest recorded date: 26th - July - 1918
  • Violet ink 1915
  • CDS Geeves-Town
  • Hardinge rated 1 (very Common) in pictorial period


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TYPE 2b



  • Earliest recorded date: 20th - September - 1918
  • Latest recorded date: 15th - August - 1939


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TYPE 5(I)



  • Earliest recorded date: 19th - August - 1936
  • Latest recorded date: 20th - August - 1969
  • Stop after "Tas"
  • Violet ink 1946 and 1949-50


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TYPE 5(ii)



  • Earliest recorded date: 10th - January - 1940
  • Latest recorded date: 31st - July - 1963
  • Stop after "Tas" and "Aus"
  • Violet ink 1948-50


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TYPE 5(iii)



  • Earliest recorded date: 25th - July - 1949
  • Latest recorded date: 30th - May - 1962
  • No stops
  • Violet ink 1948-50


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TYPE 5(iii)s



  • Earliest recorded date: 29th - April - 1963
  • Latest recorded date: 6th - May - 1968
  • Rated: R
  • Used regularly on registered mail


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TYPE 5sT



  • Earliest recorded date: 21st - July - 1963
  • Latest recorded date: 1st - December - 1977


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TYPE 6



  • Earliest recorded date: 5th - June - 1968
  • Latest recorded date: In use 1995
  • Replaced type 5(iii)s


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TYPE 6a



  • Earliest recorded date: 11th - November - 1969
  • Latest recorded date: 7th - March - 1978
  • Replaced type 5(I)


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TYPE 7T



  • Earliest recorded date: 22nd - June - 1977
  • Latest recorded date: 1st - November - 1989


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TYPE 7(m)T



  • Earliest recorded date: 23rd - December - 1989
  • Latest recorded date: 25th - August - 1992
  • First number in year is small


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TYPE 7aT



  • Earliest recorded date: 7th - May - 1988
  • Latest recorded date: 7th - May - 1988
  • Was ordered as a "Paid" CDS and was actually struck in July of 1981
  • Only one copy struck before being returned
  • Rated: RRRRR


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TYPE R6T



  • Earliest recorded date: 15th - April - 1992
  • Latest recorded date: Still in use 1995
  • Blue ink 1992


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== PAID CDS ==


TYPE 5R



  • Earliest recorded date: 27th - April - 1953
  • Latest recorded date: 7th - March - 1958
  • CDS Paid at Geeveston
  • Rated: RRRR
  • Black ink 1953-54
  • Red ink 1958


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TYPE 5(s)



  • Earliest recorded date: 8th - July - 1966
  • Latest recorded date: 2nd - January - 1979
  • CDS Paid at Geeveston
  • Rated: R
  • Red Ink


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TYPE 5(s)T



  • Earliest recorded date: 26th - August - 1980
  • Latest recorded date: 24th - August - 1981
  • CDS Paid at Geeveston with time added to dateline
  • Red ink


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TYPE 7bT



  • Earliest recorded date: 24th - August - 1981
  • Latest recorded date: 1st - April - 1989
  • Used Paid at Relief from at least 7th April 1989 to 2nd August 1989
  • Red ink



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TYPE 7b(l)T



  • Earliest recorded date: 23rd - August - 1989
  • Latest recorded date: Still in use 1995
  • Red ink 1989-91
  • Black ink from 1991


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To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page


Other Information[edit]

  • Image of Geeveston Post Office taken 2015
  • Postmaster Geeveston Cancel



Links & References[edit]

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page


Please contact [mailto: the author] of this page to report any errors and/or omissions or to provide better or 'missing' strikes