And we can all come stay next circus and have a "dig" for stamps Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "PAULINE SHIPTON" <paulineshipton@iprimus.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:11 PM Subject: Re: [AVNE] Towns no longer > Hi Denise and Mike, > As a matter of interest, Gooramadda Park is up for auction. The Border Mail > has a half-page write up on it, and if you go to www.elders.com.au/albury > you should be able to view it. > "The original Gooramadda school house is also located on the property...." > So maybe if you buy it Mike, you might find one of the postal markings :-)) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Skurrie" <mskurrie@bigpond.net.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, 13 April 2002 12:45 > Subject: Re: [AVNE] Towns no longer > > > > Hi Denise, > > > > Gooramadda (10 km NE of Rutherglen) had a Post Office from 1/10/1879 until > > 15/12/1965. Nothing that I know of recorded for Carlyle or Haines. There > are > > four recorded postal markings recorded for Gooramadda. The first is a > barred > > numeral, (there are similarities to the 778 canceller for Wooragee, but > also > > huge, and most interesting, differences); its number was 1144. For numbers > > between 1000 and 1600, the numbers had Roman Numerals for the thousand and > > hundred part of the cancallation, then Roman Numerals indicated the tens > and > > one's. Gooramadda's looked something like: > > > > ------ > > -- MC -- > > ------------ > > -- 44 -- > > ------ > > > > If you come across one for sale, I'm a most interested buyer. > > > > The other three markings are more conventional in the sense of what we're > > used to in (hand applied) postmarks: > > > > All had GOORAMADDA in a semicircle as the top of the cancellation; > dateline > > in a straight line across the middle > > > > First type had VICTORIA in a semicircle as the bottom of the cancellation; > > it had no outer frame line and was used as a backstamp for letters > > postmarked with the MC44 Barred numeral. > > > > Second recorded type had an outer frame line and VIC in a semicircle as > the > > bottom of the cancellation. > > > > Third recorded type had an outer frame line and VIC. (note the full stop) > > in a semicircle as the bottom of the cancellation. Neither of these latter > > cancellations is easy to find. > > > > Mike Skurrie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Denise McMahon" <helendmc@powerup.com.au> > > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 9:46 PM > > Subject: [AVNE] Towns no longer > > > > > > > Calyle, Gooramadda, Haines - all near Rutherglen were surveyed, sold, > and > > completely invisible. > > > > > > Carlyle was the largest of these three towns surveyed last century by > the > > government into over one hundred allotments. All allotments were sold and > > yet the town as never settled, except for the odd blacksmiths shop or > hotel. > > > > > > Gooramadda nd Haines suffered a similar fate - people just never ever > came > > to live there. Part of the odl township of Carlyle lies under the vines > of > > All Saints Vineyard. > > > > > >