Kelly's Basin

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Opened: 1 JUN 1899 · Closed: 18 APR 1924

Location: situated at Kelly Basin on Macquarie Harbour at 42° 21′ 0″ South, 145° 34′ 0″ East . Kelly's Basin (later Pillinger) was the port from which output of the North Mt Lyell mining company was shipped.

• opened as Kelly's Basin in 1898 and renamed Pillinger on 1 JUN 1899. The Kelly's Basin datestamp remained in use until late in 1910

• the closest post offices to Kelly's Basin during it's period of operation were at Darwin and Crotty

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2nd Allocation Barred Numeral Postmark

BN230

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• BN230 is rated RR and was previously used at Upper Cascade River, Norfolk Plains East, Pateena and then finally at Kelly's Basin

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Datestamp

Type 1

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• Earliest recorded date: 22 Jul 1898 · Latest recorded date: 5 Sep 1910

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Other Cancellations

• manuscript cancellations have been reported circa 1899 for reasons unknown

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Other Information

• the population at the time of the 1901 Census was 637 persons

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