Cradock: unframed 'WIRREANDA/MA1/81/S-A' light strike on Perf 10 6d with a largely very fine strike alongside on cover to "St Andrews/Fifeshire", 'RAILWAY/ 4 / S-A' transit & very fine 'ST ANDREWS/AP17/81' arrival b/s. Rated RRRR. Perhaps for the golf enthusiast! PO 1.4.1879. [The town of Cradock was proclaimed early-1879. It was on the Hundred of Wirreanda which probably caused the resultant first datestamp being wrongly inscribed. The Handbook records the first 'CRADOCK' cds from '1880' but that is probably incorrect because 'WIRREANDA' is recorded until JE29/1881]
Edwards Creek: 'EDWARDS CREEK/13AP41/C.A.' (= Central Australia) poor but discernible strike on Turley cover, central fold & minor spotting. Rated RRRRR. Telegraph Office only 1.12.1930; closed 20.1.1946 [95km S of Oodnadatta. The Handbook records only an archival strike of 8JE36]
Central Australia was a separate administrative area between 1927 & 1931. The only 'CA' datestamps were issued to TOs at Edwards Creek & Rumbalara, in the far south of the Northern Territory: see Lot 1206.
Gawler: "Gawler" manuscript in indelible pencil on QV Thick 'POSTAGE' 9d over-struck by light, undiscernible postal cancel. PO 18.5.1841. Rated RRRRR. [Recorded in the Handbook Supplement (2017)]
Grace Plains (1): 22mm framed 'GRACE PLAINS/JA17/83/S-A' very fine strike on 2d orange. Rated RRRR+. PO 1.10.1879; closed 3.4.1884. [The PO reopened 13 years later, using the same cds. The Handbook gives the same rating of RRRR across both periods. We consider that is unlikely to be the case]
Hectorville: 27mm squared-circle 'HECTORVILLE/FE10/08/S-A' largely very fine strike on 1d red on PPC to Ardrossan. Rated RRRR. [A similar item sold at the Prestige auction of 14.11.2014 for $253]
Jubilee Exhibition: 'JUBILEE EXHIBITION/JA5/88/S-A' squared circle arrival b/s on (1d+)1d Postal Card Reply Half to Kent Town, the message - in German - headed "Harod's [?] Court/Adelaide J Exhibition" but with Adelaide cancel & Norwood arrival on the address panel. [Sent by a participant at the Exhibition]
Kongal (2): 'KONGAL/10SE54/S.A' light but obvious strike on Red Cross 3½d on piece. Rated RRR. RO -.5.1908; PO -.1.1910; RO -.10.1910; PO 1.7.1927; closed 30.4.1963.
Laura: manuscript "Laura/Dec 20/1873" on 2d orange. Rated RRRRR: the later of two somewhat different mss cancels. PO 1872. [The ERD for a Laura cds is SP23/74]
Longwood: 'LONGWOOD/AU21/06/S-A' squared-circle two very fine strikes on Shierlaw front with 'STIRLING DISTRICT COUNCIL' imprint at upper-left, piece missing at lower-left. Rated RRRR. PO 2.4.1898; RO c. 1911; PO 1.7.1927.
Millendilla: squared-circle 'MILLENDILLA/JA10/87/S.A' superb on 2d orange. Rated RRR. PO 1.9.1883; RO -.1.1910; renamed Milendella c.1927. [This office should have a separate full listing in the Handbook. It was still called Millendilla in the 1925 Guide but is shown as Milendella in 1928]
Mintaro Railway: manuscript "Mintaro/Stn" on 2d orange. Rated RRRRR: the only recorded example. PO 1874; TO c.1911; to Merildin 1.7.1917. [Recorded in the Handbook but not illustrated. The ERD for a Mintaro Rail cds is OC5/75]
Mount Lyndhurst (2): 'MT LYND[HURST]/22JE--/S.A.' very fine strike on KGV 1d red on Shierlaw front. Rated RRRR. RO -.4.1915; PO 16.9.1915; RO 1.12.1917; PO 1.8.1926; closed 30.6.1930.
Nectar Brook: squared-circle 'NECTAR B[ROOK]/JA--/98/S.[A]' largely very fine strike on 1d green optd 'O.S.' Rated RRRR. PO 3.5.1897; closed 31.12.1898.
No 2 Lock: 'No 2 LOCK/21NO27/SA' (LRD) very fine strike on KGV 1½d red. Underrated at R. RO 7.10.1924; PO 1.7.1927; closed 24.12.1927. [A very fine 1926 example sold at the Prestige auction of 12.6.2010 for $268. This is one of those unusual situations where strikes from the PO period are scarcer than those during the RO period!]
Ovingham: "Ovingham" manuscript in black ink on QV Thin 'POSTAGE' 4d. Rated RRRRR. PO 1.11.1879; renamed Bowden PO 16.10.1970. [Recorded in the Handbook Supplement (2017)]
Paskeville: squared-circle First Type (narrow 'S' & broken 'K') '[PA]SKEVILLE/MA6/83/[S.A]' superb strike on 2d orange. Rated RRR. From Greens Plains East 1.4.1883.
Port MacDonnell: "PO/Pt Macdonnell/11 Octbr 61" manuscript alongside QV Perkins-Bacon 1d yellow-green rouletted x2 (faults) tied poor numeral-in-diamond '22' (rated R) plus 'PORT MAC-DONNELL/AU15/64/SA' cds on QV Perkins-Bacon 1d yellow-green rouletted pair both on covers to North Adelaide from same correspondence.
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