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Tiama Tiama
An American Mission Station was located at Tiama which provided most of
the postal business. The office had four periods of being open: 1 March 1909 Mano
to c1920; 23 February 1929 to 17 December 1932; 17 January 1936 to 4 June
1952; and early 1953 to independence. Mail was always routed via Mano on the
railway. The two handstamps are similar, but the earlier one had larger letters.
Type 151.01 Type 151.02
Mar 1920 - Jan 1956 Aug 1955 - Indep.
3 November 1948 - Tiama to Indianapolis, USA.
