Physical description

TOURELLO POST OFFICE WAS OPENED ON 1ST MAY 1868 AND WAS MOVED TO TOURELLO RAILWAY STATION. THIS WAS 3 KM FROM THE ORIGINAL SITE. ON 8TH OF AUGUST1887 THE ORIGINAL TOURELLO POST OFFICE WAS RE-OPENED AND THE BARREL NUMERAL CANCEL 620WAS RETURNED THERE. ON THE SAME DAY A NEW BARREL NUMERAL CANCEL 1587 WAS ALLOCATED TO TOURELLO RAILWAY STATION. THIS CANCEL IS RATED AS VERY RARE. TOURELLO RAILWAY STATIN POST OFFICE CLOSED ON 6TH JUNE 1950.

POST OFFICERS AT TOURELLO RAILWAY STATION WERE::
JAMES DAVEY 1887-1888
JOHN WILLIAM RUSSELL ORR 1888-1893
G KINROSS 1893
JOHN ASMUS 1893-1897
E W BIESKE 1897-1902
NOT KNOWN 1902-1909
W SCARFE 1909-1914
M PURCELL 1914-1915
NOT KNOWN 1916-1925
MRS. STONE 1925-1927
NOT KNOWN 1927-1931
MRS. LIZZIE MCRAE 1931-1938
MRS ROSELINE E CANNY 1938-1950


POST OFFICER AT TOURELLO WERE:
D MCDONALD 1868-1874
JAMES MCGREGOR 1874-1876
HENRY JUDKINS 1876-1888
WILLIAM THOMAS MERLIN 1888-1895

TOURELLO POST OFFICE WAS CLOSED ON 1ST APRIL 1895

JAMES MCGREGOR WAS ALSO HEAD TEACHER AT SS740 TOURELLO