Adavale

Adavale post office, 170 km north west of Charleville, opened on 1 January 1881

• Datestamp type 1a - (15 January 1885) rated 5R - $100 on cover
• Datestamp type 3c - two vertical dots (24 May 1888 - 16 October 1903) rated 2R - $12, $30 on cover
• Datestamp type 5a (20 December 1903 - 12 April 1915) rated Common - $5, $10

Adavale numeral 21 HERE. Adavale registered markings HERE. Adavale manuscript HERE

Datestamp Type 1a

1883

Adavale datestamp type 1a dated 15 January 1885. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Datestamp Type 3c

1888

Adavale datestamp type 3c dated 24 May 1888. Rated 2R

1898

Adavale datestamp type 3c dated 3 January 1898. Rated 2R

Adavale datestamp type 3c dated 30 December 1898. Rated 2R. Seen in Smithies

1903

Adavale datestamp type 3c dated 8 August 1903. Rated 2R. Seen in a private collection

Adavale datestamp type 3c dated 16 October 1903. Rated 2R

Adavale datestamp type 3c dated 16 October 1903. Rated 2R

Datestamp Type 5a

1904

Adavale datestamp type 5a dated 19 September 1904. Rated Common. Seen at Premier Postal auction no 116

Adavale datestamp type 5a dated 11 November 1904. Rated Common. Seen in a private collection

Adavale datestamp type 5a dated December 1904. Rated Common

1905

Adavale datestamp type 5a dated 31 January 1905. Rated Common. Seen on Ebay

1907

Adavale datestamp type 5a dated 22 September 1907. Rated Common. Seen in a private collection

1910

Adavale datestamp type 5a dated 20 December 1910. Rated Common. Seen in a private collection

Articles

Western Star and Roma Advertiser  25 September 1880 p. 3

Stagecoach outside the Adavale post office in 1907 (QLD State Library)