Interestingly, Stamp Bulletin 266 advertised a cachet for 1 May 2002 to celebrate ‘150 years of Postal Service’. However, it would appear to have also been used to complement this new postmark issued on this date. The postmark features the historic Carisbrook PO.
One collector reported being charged 50c extra for use of the cachet! An instance of the cachet on a ‘photo’ without any other adornment by way of postage stamp or explanation has been seen.
Carisbrook is a small, historic goldmining town of several hundred people located 159 km north-west of Melbourne between Castlemaine and Maryborough (7 km to the west). A former goldmining town, it possesses some fine old bluestone buildings.
