Post Office Postcard
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Description
Postcard caption – “4133 P.C. Post Office. Hastings N.Z.”
Muir & [and] Moodie
Old wooden Post office, 1896-1909, corner Queen and Station Streets
End of Station Street later changed to Russell Street
Situated across from the railway station for fast mail deliveries in and out of Hastings
Postmaster SF Hazard operated from the railway station from 1894 to 1895, until this single-storey wooden building opened on 1 January 1896.
Signs on buildings –
“LONDON & LANCASHIRE
FIRE AGENTS
H. WILLIAMS & SONS
HARDWARE
PLUMBERS & GASFITTERS
MERCHANTS
[…]SHING & GENERAL IRONMONGERS”
New Zealand Post-Card
This Space for Correspondence
This Space for Address
Go for examination tomorrow.
Jan 31st/07 [31 January 1907]
Dear Lily
Arrived Napier 8 oclock this morning had a splendid trip
This is the post office Hasting where I wrote this
What do you think of it
George
Miss L. Peterson
Harris Street
Gisborne
Issued by MUIR & MOODIE Dunedin N.Z. from their Copyright Series of Views.
New Zealand one penny stamp; date-stamp 31 JA 07
Location
Station Street, HastingsFormat of the original
Coloured postcardPeople
- S F Hazard
- Miss L Peterson
Accession number
907/1842/41465Supporters and sponsors
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