Whitefoord Hills

___ this listing is currently being prepared by GRD and any assistance with improving the accuracy and amount of information provided below is welcome___

Location: 41° 27' 0" South, 146° 32' 0" East

• situated approx. 3km west of Elizabeth Town at the Whitefoord Hills Station on the WesternRailway Line

• 

see Google Map for an enlargement

Opened: 1-Feb-1886 · Closed (as Moltema): 30-Jun-1971

• Renamed Moltema on 18-Sep-1915

Barred Numeral Postmark

Second Allocation BN254

• Rated RR

Datestamps

Type 1

• Earliest recorded date: 31-Mar-1896 · Latest recorded date: 25-Aug-1915

• Rated R during the Commonwealth period

Report an earlier or later use of the Type datestamp here

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

Other Information

• 

• Mr Thomas William Tasker was appointed the first postmaster at the newly established post office located at the Whitefoord Hills railway station - The Mercury 2-Feb-1886

Links & References

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

Please contact the author of this page to report any errors and/or omissions or to provide better or 'missing' images, etc.