Tasmanian Philatelic Society – Previous Publications
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We list here previous publications by the Tasmanian Philatelic Society
Tasmanian Postmarks – “TASMANIAN POSTAL HISTORY: The Post Offices and their Datestamps”
Incorporating Post Office Openings and Closings
A Book by Tasmanian Postal Historian, John Hardinge about Tasmanian Postmarks – $160 +P & P – published June 2018.
A list of all updates and new discoveries is available for owners of the original book on the Updates page
250 signed and numbered copies have been printed in hard cover.
NOW SOLD OUT. We are sorry to announce all stocks have now been sold. However, we will be publishing some of the key information from this book in a new publication. The new book, “Tasmanian Post Office and Datestamp Compendium” includes the complete and up-dated listings of all datestamps from 1823 to 2000 with rarity ratings, early and late dates, Post Office openings and closings plus many notes and further information. Datetsamp types are also detailed. See the Book Details page for more information
“Tasmanian Postal History: the Post Offices and their Datestamps”
This book lists every known postmark (excluding machine cancels) for Tasmania including rarity ratings and all post office opening and closing dates.
- 288 pages, each book numbered and signed by the Author
- High-quality stitched binding and hard cover
- Datestamps which MAY exist but not yet seen
- Post Offices ( incl Free Bags) open but no datestamp issued
- All Datestamp types from 1861 illustrated with real examples
- Illustrated with images of Tasmanian Post Offices from the 19th and 20th Century
- Extensive notes including number of examples recorded for very rare postmarks
- Illustrated in full color