Grove

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OPENED: 4-APR-1907 · OPEN:

• A RH opened at Grove (Huon Road) on 14-NOV-1850 and closed 31-JAN-1860. No CDS were issued during this period.

Location:

• situated 7km north of Huonville near 42° 59' 0" South, 147° 6' 0" East

• nearby post offices have been located at Longley Lower, Ranelagh and Huonville

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Datestamps

Type 2

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• Earliest recorded date: 25-APR-1907 · Latest recorded date: 8-APR-1949

• Found in greenish 1920-21

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Type 5

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• Earliest recorded date: 20-APR-1949 · Latest recorded date: 14-JAN-1976

• CDS possibly destryoed in 1967 bushfires

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Type 5sT(i)

• Earliest recorded date: 20-MAR-1961 · Latest recorded date: 31-JAN-1967

• CDS possibly destryoed in 1967 bushfires

• CDS ordered Feb 1961

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Type 5s

• Earliest recorded date: 23-OCT-1967 · Latest recorded date: 1-FEB-1972

• Rated R

• Found in violet in 1970

• CDS manufactured Feb 1967

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Type 5sT(ii)

• Earliest recorded date: 28-MAR-1967 · Latest recorded date: 1-SEP-1970

• CDS manufactured Feb 1967

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Type 6a

• Earliest recorded date: 2-NOV-1972 · Latest recorded date: 18-SEP-1987

• CDS manufactured Oct-1972

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Type 8aT code 1

• Earliest recorded date: 21-SEP-1987 · Latest recorded date: 1995

• Replaced by rubber type

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Type R?

• Earliest recorded date: · Latest recorded date:

• Rated

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