MATCHBOX AUSTRALIA POST DIECAST MODEL CARS SET PERFECT CONDITION OFFER OVER $300. RARE COLLECTION HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA POST MOTORIZED TRANSPORT. ""IN 1912 the Post Master General`s Department reported that in Melbourne "HORSE DRAWN VEHICLES" had been replaced by motor cars. By 1913, 42 motor vehicles such as cars, vans and lorries and 34 motor cycles were in use in various States. The first reported use of motor vehicles to transport mail in Australia was in New South Wales between Broken Hill and menindee in May 1911. The vehicle was a 1907 Albion Van and was accompanied by a five horse coach in case of breakdown. The MODEL T FORD was used in the 1920s followed by the British Bedford in the early 1930s. The Chevrolet mail van adopted by the PMG Department in 1937.""