page_title: Post Office Tree
hierarchical_section_title: Post Office Tree
caption_attribution_description: English: A boot made of stone was built in Mosselbay to signify that the first postal service was started here in the form of an old boot tied to a tree in the area with a note stuck in it for the next traveller to hopefully see it and take it back to Portugal.
context_page_description: The Post Office Tree is a famous milkwood tree in Mosselbay, South Africa that was used by early Portuguese explorers as a post office. It is located in the grounds of the Bartholomeu Dias Museum Complex in Market Street.
context_section_description: The Post Office Tree (Afrikaans: Poskantoorboom) is a famous milkwood tree (Sideroxylon inerme) in Mosselbay, South Africa that was used by early Portuguese explorers as a post office. It is located in the grounds of the Bartholomeu Dias Museum Complex in Market Street.
caption: The Post Office Tree monument
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