Karoola
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 ==
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Allocated BN: 161
- Rated: RR
- Known on pictorial
== DATESTAMPS ==
- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Earliest recorded date: 11th - September - 1978
- Latest recorded date: 21st - September - 1987
- Grey ink 1978 , Violet ink 1981
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- Earliest recorded date: 21st - September - 1987
- Latest recorded date: ?? - November - 1992
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- Earliest recorded date: 1st - June - 1993
- Latest recorded date: 10th - December - 1993
- Rated: R
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- Earliest recorded date: 22nd - December - 1993
- Latest recorded date: In use 1995
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