Mole Creek

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Location: Mole Creek is located 24km west of Deloraine. Nearby communities which previously had post offices include Liena, Caveside and Chudleigh.

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see Google Map for an enlargement

• Opened: 28-MAY-1884 · Current Status: Open (Licensed PO)

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A postmark enthusiast's photo of the Mole Creek post office taken during January 1972

Barred Numeral Postmark

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BN232 was allocated to Mole Creek in 1884

• Rated R

Datestamps

Type 1

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• Earliest recorded date: 2-Feb-1889 · Latest recorded date: 6-Jun-1933

Found in blue in 1909 (date range?). Manuscript cancellations relate to the period when the Liena datestamp was being corrected.

Type 4a

• Earliest recorded date: 7-Jul-1933 · Latest recorded date: 28-Oct-1962

Type 5s

• Earliest recorded date: 29-Oct-1962 · Latest recorded date: 30-Sep-1977

Type 7

• Earliest recorded date: 30-Sep-1977 · Latest recorded date: 11-Dec-1989

Type 7(m)

• Earliest recorded date: 25-Jan 1990 ·

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page

Other Information

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• 1892 - The tender of Thomas Smith for the carriage of mails from Mole Creek via Chudleigh and the Needles to Deloraine has been accepted covering the period 1-June-1892 to 31-Dec-1894 for 104 pounds.

Links & References

To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page

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