Gravelly Beach

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OPENED : 1st - April - 1911

  • Still operating as a LPO


Location:

Gravelly Beach is located on the West Tamar approx. 25 kms North of Launceston

Post offices close to Gravelly Beach were:


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


Datestamps

TYPE 2b



  • 1st period of use (CDS misplaced late September 1912)
  • Earliest recorded date: 27th - October - 1911
  • Latest recorded date: 25th - September - 1912
  • 2nd period of use (CDS found mid November 1912)
  • Earliest recorded date: 18th - November - 1912
  • Latest recorded date: 10th - July - 1964
  • Hardinge rated 13 (RRR-) in Pictorial period but can be elusive to find a decent strike
  • Blue ink 1913-21 , Violet ink 1951


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TYPE 3



  • Earliest recorded date: 12th - October - 1912
  • Latest recorded date: 12th - November - 1912
  • Hardinge rated 20 (RRRRR)
  • Returned when misplaced type 2b CDS was found


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TYPE 5s



  • Earliest recorded date: 5th - August - 1964
  • Latest recorded date: 8th - September - 1978
  • Proof strike known dated 14th - May - 1964 ex PMG stores


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TYPE 7



  • Earliest recorded date: 11th - September - 1978
  • Latest recorded date: 22nd - September - 1987
  • Blue/Violet ink 1985


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TYPE 8



  • Earliest recorded date: 23rd - September - 1987
  • Latest recorded date: In use 1995
  • Replaced with rubber CDS in 1995


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To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page


Other Information

  • Image taken in 2014 of Gravelly Beach Post Office. The store has been in operation since 1910. Located opposite the foreshore on Gravelly Beach Road , Gravelly Beach




Links & References

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings

To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page


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