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...with the stamp also inverted as well as on both sides in order to provide as sort of 360° view

1899 dates after December 25th on Hobart and Launceston postmarks can be found with a little effort. Postmarks pre-dating December 25th are much scarcer in my experience.

All 1899 dated postmarks from post offices other than Hobart and Launceston are very scarce to extremely rare.

to assist with ID, can you please post an image of the other three positions (if you eliminate all but the cancel, that will assist too)?

cheers ... Ross E.

I have not seen any cards by C. Standaloft before. The card below is a view of "CHISWICK", a home at Ross in the Midlands bb1976.jpg A quick search in "Trove" found a couple of mentions of the name associated with events in the Ross area. If you have one or more cards by this photographer, please po...

Just listed this card by Kraus for auction ...... 'new' cards by this photographer/publisher appear to be few and far between

without a part or complete town name in the mss cancellation , one can only assume that the stamp has been fiscally used

another for the list


WATER WORKS BRID RIVER SCOTTSDALE numbered 34

A new T.R.G Williams card to me also not listed above (although we lost some data when the site was hacked in 2017

SCOTTSDALE GEORGE ST numbered '5'

Another recent "find"

TEEPOOKANA Type 1 cds on a 1d Pictorial dated 27 JA 02

This is interesting as the PO re-opened (after a 2+ years closure) on 1 FE 02

I don't recall seeing another example on a 1d Pictorial ..... does anyone have the cds on this stamp in their collection?

I have just listed this rubber cds for auction STAMP OFFICE HOBART dated 8-SEP. 1911 bb1838.jpg This type R1a datestamp is the same as the Type R1c listed in JH's book ..... apparently was is a typo ....there is no such thing as a Type R1c cds! Please note that the date on this "discovery" is over 2...

Thanks for posting this Jerry In my opinion, the perfin is a fake 1) due to the method the T perfin was produced, it would be highly unlikely for both "bars" of the T to be punctured at an angle 2) a 3 hole puncture as part of a T perfin has never been seen to the best of my knowledge ... the varyin...

A new late date of use by about 6 weeks for the PAID AT LAUNCESTON SOUTH Type 5sR cds - 6 JA 65

A new late date for the RIDGLEY WEST Type 5(s) cds - 25FE74 ..... previous recorded as being -4JA74


Post office closed on 30AP74 so there's still scope for improvement!

A number of Tasmanian printers manufactured postcards for local publishers - J. Walch & Sons, The Mercury, The Examiner, Telegraph Printery, etc. The example below was used by The Examiner, Launceston and is on the back of a Spurling & Son "Deloraine Series" card examiner postcard back.jpg Can you a...

A new late date for the LAUNCESTON Type 4 cds - 26SE56 - this is about 11 months later than the published LRD

If you have some FDCs cancelled at Launceston, it may be worthwhile to check out any Type 4 dates as some later dates may turn up!

Hi Allen

can you upload the image please?

Ross

TASMANIA · 1967 (Feb 7th): full clear strike of the GROVE Type 5sT(i) cds on piece · the general store and PO were destroyed
a few hours later in the "Black Tuesday Bushfires" · not only a new LRD but the ultimate LRD!

A new discovery perhaps?

For information about F.E. Burbury follow this link https://www.launcestonfamilyalbum.org.a ... rd-burbury

New EARLY DATE for PAID AT NEW NORFOLK Type 5R - 12.OC.53 ...... beats the published ERD by about 18 months

After 13 years I have found an example of the card with a view of BRADY'S LAKE as recorded by Patrick

A Wynphotoprint card numbered '83' with two views of the LATROBE area

The publisher name printed on the back of the card is W.L. Wells & Co., Latrobe

LYETTA - Type 2b


Note a 'quad' has been used as second number in year for reasons unknown. This example was from John Avery's collection
so it's surprising that the dateline variation hasn't been recorded previously

many thanks Jerry ......your excellent work is much appreciated

Ross - TPS BB Moderator

A 'new' user of Spurling cards under own business name ww1117.jpg ww1117a.jpg BARNARD and HILL were booksellers in Charles Street, Launceston. Interesting to note that the previous owner of the business was Richard Gee ww1117b.jpg This advertisement from September 1908 was published in THE NORTHWEST...

New latest recorded date for the PARCEL POST · GENERAL POST OFFICE HOBART Type R5(iii) rubber datestamp by just over a year! Previous LRD was 16 Nov 1951 · new LRD is 25 Nov 1952 fy1004.jpg also, a new ERD for the DEAD LETTER OFFICE Type 4a cds - previous ERD was 31 Aug 1936 - new ERD is 16 Oct 1934...