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I have just acquired the stamp above and have similar cancels on Australian postage dues.
Part II of “Tasmania, the Postal History and Postal Markings” on page 67 states:
i. The letters “ART” are evenly spaced and “HOBART” has its letters more widely spaced than (ii) and (iii)......
..........Its use is curious. Although a rare canceller (R), it has been found on registered mail, on newspapers, on letter cards and on postage due stamps; as well as being the common canceller for CTO postal stationery. Almost a kind of “philatelic bureau” canceller, though such a desk did not then exist...”
Does anyone have information of where and how these came to be placed on stamps?
Thanks,
John