Townsville Instructional Markings and Parcel Posts

Townsville post office, 72 km north west of Ayr, opened on 1 January 1866

Instructional Markings

• Electric Telegraph Office Oval type 1 (no crown) in violet rated 5R
• Electric Telegraph Office Oval type 2 (with crown) rated 5R
• Loose Ship Letter date stamp (16 May 1882 - 27 July 1884) rated 5R
• Not Known by Letter Carriers handstamp (1906) rated 5R
• Paid (11 January 1904 - May 1911) rated 5R
• Parcel Post date stamp (12 October 1907 - 6 August 1913) rated 5R 
• Received Torn handstamp (1902 - 1906) rated 5R
• Unclaimed handstamp (1906 - 1907) rated 5R

Date Stamps

• Datestamp type 1b (22 April 1867 - 19 November 1874) rated 3R
• Datestamp type 3a - Codes None, 1, 2 (16 August 1878 - 21 March 1896) rated 4R
• Datestamp type 3b - Codes 1, 2, 3, 4 (10 October 1877 - 18 September 1888) rated 4R
• Datestamp type 3c - No Code (3 October 1883 - 4 November 1899) rated 2R 
• Datestamp type 3c - Codes a, b, c (18 June 1874 - 16 October 1877) rated 3R - 5R
• Datestamp type 3c - Codes A, B, C, E, F (9 July 1883 - 18 March 1898) rated 4R - 5R
• Datestamp type 3c - Codes 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 (27 January 1882 - 21 November 1904) rated 4R - 5R
• Datestamp type 4at (18 June 1900 - 10 March 1901) rated 5R
• Datestamp type 4b (30 September 1902 - 9 October 1906) rated 4R
• Datestamp type 5a (21 January 1905 - 13 July 1914) rated Common
• Datestamp type 6t (3 August 1912 - 20 February 1913) rated 4R
• Machine cancellation type 5 (3 December 1912) rated 5R
• Machine cancellation type 6 (11 March 1912 - 10 March 1913) rated 4R

Townsville numeral 59 HERE. Townsville duplex numeral 59 HERE. Townsville numeral 444 HERE. Townsville duplex numeral 528 HERE. Townsville duplex numeral 570 HERE. Townsville registered HERE. Townsville date stamps HERE

Electric Telegraph Office Oval type 1 in violet - no Crown

Townsville Electric Telegraph Office oval type 1 in violet. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus auction no 240 lot no 505

Townsville Electric Telegraph Office oval type 1 in violet. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234 lot no 737

Townsville Electric Telegraph Office oval type 1 in violet. Rated 5R. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

Electric Telegraph Office Oval type 2 - with Crown

Townsville Electric Telegraph Office oval type 2. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus auction no 240 lot no 505

Townsville Electric Telegraph Office oval type 2. Rated 5R. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

Townsville Electric Telegraph Office oval type 2. Rated 5R. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

Loose Ship Letter

1882

Townsville Loose Ship Letter date stamp dated 16 May 1882. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus auction no 247 lot no 1134

1884

Townsville Loose Ship Letter date stamp dated 27 July 1884. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus auction no 257 lot no 764

Unknown year

Townsville Loose Ship Letter date stamp. Rated 5R. Seen on Ebay

Townsville Loose Ship Letter date stamp. Rated 5R. Seen on Ebay

Not Known by Letter Carriers

1906

Townsville Not Known by Letter Carriers instructional marking dated September 1906. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus online auction no 4 lot no 1263

Paid

Townsville Paid (Campbell type 7) dated 11 January 1904. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1911

Townsville Paid (Campbell type 7) dated May 1911. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Parcel Post

1907

Townsville Parcel Post type dated 12 October 1907. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1909

Townsville Parcel Post type dated 4 December 1909. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1912

Townsville Parcel Post type dated 25 November 1912. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1913

Townsville Parcel Post type dated 8 February 1913. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus auction no 245 lot no 455

Townsville Parcel Post type dated 6 August 1913. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Received Torn

1902

Townsville Received Torn instructional marking dated 11 March 1902. Rated 5R. Seen in Spink auction no 12043 lot no 1362. Ex Griffiths 

1906

Townsville Received Torn instructional marking  dated 24 September 1906. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus online auction no 4 lot no 1263

Unclaimed

1906

Townsville Unclaimed dated 24 September 1906. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus online auction no 4 lot no 1263

1907

Townsville Unclaimed dated 8 July 1907. Rated 5R. Seen in a private collection