Thursday, 27 August 2020

Millchester

Millchester post office, 5 km south east of Charters Towers, opened on 5 March 1873
  • Datestamp type 1a (June 1874 - 8 October 1876) rated 5R - $75, $100 on cover
  • Datestamp type 3a (23 August 1893 - 15 November 1898) rated 5R - $100
  • Datestamp type 3c (26 January 1907 - 4 July 1910) rated 4R - $30, $50 on cover
  • Postage Paid in Coin (1874) rated 5R - $100 on cover
Millchester numeral 173 HERE

Datestamp Type 1a
1874
Millchester datestamp type 1a dated June 1874. Rated 5R. Seen at Premier postal auction no 115. Ex Smithies

Millchester datestamp type 1a dated 16 August 1874. Rated 5R. Seen at Abacus auction no 242 lot no 1418

Datestamp Type 3a
1893
Millchester datestamp type 3a dated 23 August 1893. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Datestamp Type 3c
1907
Millchester datestamp type 3c dated 26 January 1907. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Millchester datestamp type 3c dated 7 October 1907. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1909
Millchester datestamp type 3c dated 8 February 1909. Rated 4R. Seen on Stampboards

1910
Millchester datestamp type 3c dated 4 July 1910. Rated 4R. Seen in a private collection

Unknown year
Millchester datestamp type 3c dated 6 October. Rated 4R. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

Millchester datestamp type 3c dated 26 November. Rated 4R. Seen in Smithies

Postage Paid in Coin
1874
Millchester Postage Paid in Coin instructional marking in red dated 16 August 1874. Rated 5R. Seen at Abacus auction no 242 lot no 1418

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