Slogans at Hobart

Australia - 1917-1988.
Five slogan cancellations: Hobart.

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Five slogans are recorded as being used at Hobart:

Slogan	Shape	Base inscription	Earliest date	Latest date	Number in Census
100 YEARS OF TELEGRAPH SERVICE: 1854 - 1954;	Circle		9 April 1954	11 May 1954	3
100 YEARS OF TELEGRAPH SERVICE: 1854 - 1954;		Inverted slogan	11 May 1954		1
		Box 2	10 May 1954		1
		Box 3	15 March 1954	31 May 1954	5
		Box PAID	5 April 1954	26 April 1954	2

CONVEY CONGRATULATIONS ....;	Circle		14 May 1938	19 May 1939	2
	Box	PAID	5 March 1941		1

SEND A TELEGRAM	Circle		12 April 1933	12 May 1937	15

SEND GREETINGS BY TELEGRAM.	Circle		19 December 1932	21 December 1939	8
		Printed on reverse	December 1936		1
	Box	1	23 December 1939		1
	Box	3	18 December 1940		1

SEND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS ...	Circle		5 July 1937	28 July 1938	2

A TELEGRAPHIC CODE ADDRESS ...	Box	Paid	4 June 1964		1
		Box	31 March 1968		1
	Double Box	1	30 August 1970	8 October 1973	1
		2	19 April 1971		1

100 YEARS OF TELEGRAPH SERVICE: 1854 - 1954. Datestamp: Circle; Base inscription: TAS. Characteristics: Die 1 - normal format and size. All 100 YEARS ... slogans with a circular date stamp have an incomplete digit 8 for 1854 and it appears as a 3 (hence a rare 600 year anniversary for Australia :) ). Earliest date of this format: 6 April 1954. Latest date of this format: 11 May 1954. Number in the Census: 3.	6 April 1954.
Datestamp: Circle; Base inscription: TAS. Characteristics: Slogan component of the cancellation is inverted. Earliest date of this format: 9 April 1954. Latest date of this format: 11 May 1954. Number in the Census: 1.	11 May 1954.
100 YEARS OF TELEGRAPH SERVICE: 1854 - 1954. Datestamp: Box; Number: 2; Base inscription: TAS. AUST. Characteristics: Die 1 - normal format and size. Only example of this format: 10 May 1954. Number in the Census: 1.	10 May 1954.
100 YEARS OF TELEGRAPH SERVICE: 1854 - 1954. Datestamp: Box; Number: 3; Base inscription: TAS. AUST. Characteristics: Die 1 - normal format and size. T of HOBART is distorted and the frame at the base is badly distorted. Earliest date of this format: 15 March 1954. Latest date of this format: 31 May 1954. Number in the Census: 5.	15 March 1954 - earliest recorded date for this slogan at any Office.
100 YEARS OF TELEGRAPH SERVICE: 1854 - 1954. Datestamp: Double box; Base inscription: PAID. Characteristics: Die 1 - normal format and size. No time included. Has 3d under the year. Earliest date of this format: 5 April 1954. Latest date of this format: 26 April 1954. Number in the Census: 2.	26 April 1954.

CONVEY CONGRATULATIONS BY TELEGRAPH ON SPECIALLY DESIGNED FORMS.

Datestamp: Circle;

Base inscription: TAS.

Characteristics:
Die 3: C over G.
Double strike of the slogan.

Earliest date of this format:14 May 1938.

Earliest date of this format:
19 May 1939.

Number in the Census: 2.

14 May 1938.

Datestamp: Double box.

Base inscription: PAID.

Characteristics:
Die 3: C over G.
Inner box has no TIME entry but instead has 1d under the year.

Only example of this format: 5 March 1941.

5 March 1941.

SEND A TELEGRAM. Datestamp: Circle; Base inscription: TAS. Characteristics: Die 5A: A over GR. Earliest date of this format: 12 April 1933. Latest date of this format: 22 July 1933. Number in Census: 6.	21 April 1933.
It appears as if the Die 5A was withdrawn in the second half of 1933 and replaced with the Die 2 format about two years later.
SEND A TELEGRAM. Datestamp: Circle; Base inscription: TAS. Characteristics: Die 2: A over EG. Earliest date of this format: 22 July 1935. Latest date of this format: 17 May 1937. Number in Census: 9.	22 July 1935.

SEND GREETINGS BY TELEGRAM. Datestamp: Circle; Base inscription: TAS. Characteristics: Die 1: G to the left of BY below. Earliest recorded date of this format: 19 December 1932. Latest recorded date of this format: 5 January 1939. Number in Census: 6	19 December 1932. Equal earliest date of use of this slogan - with Melbourne.
SEND GREETINGS BY TELEGRAM. Datestamp: Circle; Top inscription: Hobart. Base inscription: TAS. Characteristics: Die 2: B under GR above and Y over G below. Earliest recorded date of this format: 23 December 1936. Latest recorded date of this format: 21 December 1939. Number in Census: 2 (also see below).	21 December 1939.
SEND GREETINGS BY TELEGRAM. Datestamp: Circle; Top inscription: Hobart. Base inscription: TAS. Characteristics: Die 2: B under GR above and Y over G below.	23 December 1936 - at Hobart.
SEND GREETINGS BY TELEGRAM. Reverse side of the above envelope showing a Die 3 slogan applied on 28 December with a Melbourne/Victoria box date stamp.	28 December 1936 - at Melbourne.
SEND GREETINGS BY TELEGRAM. Datestamp: Box; Number: 1 (6 mm). Top inscription: Hobart. Base inscription: TAS. AUST. Characteristics: Die 2: B under R above and Y over G below. Only recorded date of this format: 23 December 1939. Number in Census: 1.	23 December 1939.
SEND GREETINGS BY TELEGRAM. Datestamp: Box; Number: 3. Top inscription: Hobart. Base inscription: TAS. AUST. Characteristics: Die 2: B under R above and Y over G below. Only recorded date of this format: 18 December 1940. Number in Census: 1.

SEND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS BY TELEGRAPH ON SPECIALLY COLOURED FORMS.

Datestamp: Circle;

Base inscription: TAS.

Characteristics:
Die 2A: Letters on all lines except Line 3 approximately aligned.

Earliest recorded date of this format:
5 July 1937.

Earliest recorded date of this format:
27 July 1938.

Number in Census: 3

25 July 1938.

A TELEGRAPHIC CODE ADDRESS SAVES TIME AND MONEY. Datestamp: Double box; Base inscription: PAID. Characteristics: Double box datestamp. PAID at the base. No time included. Only recorded date of this format: 4 June 1964. Number in the Census: 1.	4 June 1964.
A TELEGRAPHIC CODE ADDRESS SAVES TIME AND MONEY. Datestamp: Box; Base inscription: TAS.-AUST Characteristics: Box datestamp. TAS - AUST at the base. No code number at the sides. Only recorded date of this format: 31 March 1968. Number in the Census: 1.	31 March 1968.
A TELEGRAPHIC CODE ADDRESS SAVES TIME AND MONEY. Datestamp: Double box; Number: 1 (sans-serif). Base inscription: TAS.-7000 Characteristics: Double box datestamp. TAS - 7000 at the base. Has code number 1 at the sides in sans-serif font. Only recorded date of this format: 30 August 1970. Number in the Census: 1.	30 August 1970.
A TELEGRAPHIC CODE ADDRESS SAVES TIME AND MONEY. Datestamp: Double box; Number: 1 (serif) Base inscription: TAS. Characteristics: Double box datestamp. Tas - 7000 at the base. Has code number 1 at the sides in serif font. Only recorded date of this format: 8 October 1973. Number in the Census: 1.
A TELEGRAPHIC CODE ADDRESS SAVES TIME AND MONEY. Datestamp: Double box; Number: 2 Base inscription: TAS. Characteristics: Double box datestamp. Tas - 7000 at the base. Has code number 2. Only recorded example of this format: 19 April 1971. Number in the Census: 1.	19 April 1971.