File:Post Office Rock, Milford Sound, NZ.jpg
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| Description | Milford's (New Zealand) first post office was this tiny rock at the mouth of Milford Sound. A rum barrel was hung on a tree on the rock in which mail would be posted. A white flag was then raised and passing ships would stop and sift through the mail. If any were addressed to a location they were heading it would be taken along and posted. |
| Date | 14 January 2006 (according to Exif data) |
| Source | No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). |
| Author | No machine-readable author provided. Christiaan assumed (based on copyright claims). |
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| current | 00:11, 16 January 2006 | | 2,304 × 1,728 (1.93 MB) | Christiaan | Milford's (New Zealand) first post office was this tiny rock at the mouth of Milford Sound. A rum barrel was hung on a tree on the rock in which mail would be posted. A white flag was then raised and passing ships would stop and sift through the mail. If |
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