Karoola

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OPENED : 22nd - December - 1873 as Turners Marsh

RENAMED : 1st - July - 1890 as Karoola

CLOSED : 30th - October - 1998

• Remained a Community Postal Agency for a short period after closure

Location:

Karoola is located in the East Tamar region approx 29 kms North of Launceston

Post offices close to Karoola were:

• Lalla 1.5 kms

• Turners Marsh 4 kms

• Lilydale 6 kms

• Bangor 7 kms

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== BARRED NUMERAL POSTMARK ==

SECOND ALLOCATION

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Allocated BN: 161

• Rated: RR

• Known on pictorial

== DATESTAMPS ==

TYPE 1a

• Earliest recorded date: 22nd - June - 1889

• Latest recorded date: 22nd - June - 1889

• Rated: RRRRR

• Only one known copy as Turners Marsh

• CDS issued around June 1878 and office renamed Karoola on the 1st - July - 1890 with old CDS being allocated to the new Turners Marsh office.

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TYPE 1

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• Earliest recorded date: 15th - February - 1897

• Latest recorded date: 7th - December - 1928

• Known in pencil manuscript 17th - January - 1903

• Purple ink 1916-18 and 1925

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TYPE 4a

• Earliest recorded date: 3rd - June - 1930

• Latest recorded date: 30th - April - 1964

• Grey ink 1936 , Violet ink 1951-53

• Inverted dateline in 1951-52 and inverted date in 1961-64

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TYPE 5s

• Earliest recorded date: 4th - June - 1964

• Latest recorded date: 11th - September - 1978

• Proof strike from PMG stores dated 14th - April - 1964

• Grey ink 1965 and 1978

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TYPE 7

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• Earliest recorded date: 11th - September - 1978

• Latest recorded date: 21st - September - 1987

• Grey ink 1978 , Violet ink 1981

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TYPE 8

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• Earliest recorded date: 21st - September - 1987

• Latest recorded date: ?? - November - 1992

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TYPE R8

• Earliest recorded date: 1st - June - 1993

• Latest recorded date: 10th - December - 1993

• Rated: R

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TYPE R8a

• Earliest recorded date: 22nd - December - 1993

• Latest recorded date: In use 1995

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