St Lawrence

St Lawrence post office, 160 km north west of Rockhampton opened on 1 January 1864

• Datestamp type 1a - year in 4 figures (29 November 1866 - 18 February 1887) rated Rare - $10, $20 on cover
• Datestamp type 1a (i) - year in 2 figures (7 June 1894) rated 5R - $75
• Datestamp type 3c (3 February 1888 - 31 January 1911) rated Common - $5, $15 on cover
• Datestamp type 6 (17 April 1912 - 4 November 1912) rated 5R - $60
• Too Late (1874) rated 5R - $100 on cover

Instructional Markings - the postmaster's book entry for 6 January 1898 has survived, showing all the instructional markings in existence for this post office at that date. It is reproduced at the bottom of this page

St Lawrence numeral 48 HERE. St Lawrence registered HERE

Datestamp Type 1a (year in four figures)

1867

St Lawrence datestamp type 1a dated May 1867. Rated Rare

1872

St Lawrence datestamp type 1a dated 21 March 1872. Rated Rare. Seen in Ebay

St Lawrence datestamp type 1a dated 11 April 1872. Rated Rare

St Lawrence datestamp type 1a dated 18 April 1872. Rated Rare. Seen in Ebay

St Lawrence datestamp type 1a dated 25 April 1872. Rated Rare. Seen in Ebay

St Lawrence datestamp type 1a dated 29 April 1872. Rated Rare. Seen in Ebay

1874

St Lawrence datestamp type 1a dated August 1874. Rated Rare. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

St Lawrence datestamp type 1a dated 5 September 1874. Rated Rare. Seen in Abacus online auction no 2 lot no 787

St Lawrence datestamp type 1a dated 18 September 1874. Rated Rare. Seen in Abacus online auction no 2

1876

St Lawrence datestamp type 1a dated 18 August 1876. Rated Rare. Seen in a private collection

1883

St Lawrence datestamp type 1a dated 10 October 1883. Rated Rare

Datestamp Type 1a (i) (year in two figures)

1894

St Lawrence datestamp type 1a (i) dated 7 June 1894. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Datestamp Type 3c

1898

St Lawrence datestamp type 3c dated 25 September 1898. Rated common. Seen in Smithies

1899

St Lawrence datestamp type 3c dated 18 November 1899. Rated common

1901

St Lawrence datestamp type 3c dated 8 September 1901. Rated common. Seen in Ebay

1903

St Lawrence datestamp type 3c dated 30 November 1903. Rated common. Seen in Smithies

St Lawrence datestamp type 3c dated 26 December 1903. Rated common. Seen in Abacus online auction no 6 lot no 527

1905

St Lawrence datestamp type 3c dated 1 May 1905. Rated common. Seen in a private collection

1906

St Lawrence datestamp type 3c dated 23 December 1906. Rated common. Seen in a private collection

1907

St Lawrence datestamp type 3c dated 11 January 1907. Rated common. Seen in a private collection

1910

St Lawrence datestamp type 3c dated 18 February 1910. Rated common. Seen in a private collection

St Lawrence datestamp type 3c various dates. Rated common

Datestamp Type 6

1912

St Lawrence datestamp type 6 dated 24 June 1912. Rated 5R. Seen in Manning, p. 233

Too Late

1874

St Lawrence Too Late handstamp dated 5 September 1874. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus online auction no 2 lot no 787

Instructional Markings

Postmaster's book entry for the St Lawrence post office on 6 June 1898. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group