Bell

Bell post office, 9.5 km west south west of Bell, was opened on 8 September 1877 as Maida Hill and was renamed Bell in 1898. In 1904 it moved 3 km north east of Bell. On 26 June 1907 this post office was renamed Malakoff because a new post office called Bell Railway Station had opened at the adjoining railway station in late 1906 and the similar name was causing confusion. Following the original Bell post office being renamed Malakoff, the new Bell Railway Station post office name was then changed back to Bell on 26 July 1907 but the date stamp remained Bell R.S.

Thus although over time there were two separate Bell post offices, for convenience I have grouped them together. The original post office (operating under this name from 1898 to June 1907) had type 4 date stamps with the name on the date stamp being Bell, and the later post office (open from late 1906 onwards) had a type 5 with the name on the date stamp being Bell R.S. for Bell Railway Station

• Datestamp type 4a - three vertical dots (2 October 1899 - 17 November 1905) rated 5R - $90 on cover
• Datestamp type 4at - three vertical dots (13 June 1902 - 29 September 1904) rated 4R - $45 on cover
• Datestamp type 4b - dateline raised (19 January 1906) rated 5R - $60
• Datestamp type 5b (15 November 1907 - 21 April 1914) rated Rare. Name on date stamp: "Bell. R.S." - $10, $20 on cover
• Datestamp type 5b in blue (24 June 1910 - March 1911) rated 5R. Name on date stamp: "Bell. R.S." - $50, $80 on cover

Bell numeral 232 HERE. Bell registered HERE

Datestamp type 4a

1905

Bell datestamp type 4a. Dated 17 November 1905. Rated 5R. Seen in Smithies

Datestamp type 4at

1902

Bell datestamp type 4at. Dated 13 June 1902. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1903

Bell datestamp type 4at. Dated 24 March 1903. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1904

Bell datestamp type 4at. Dated 26 August 1904. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Bell datestamp type 4at. Dated 29 September 1904. Rated 4R. Seen in a private collection 

Bell datestamp type 4at. Dated 26 September 1904. Rated 4R. Seen on Ebay

Bell datestamp type 4at. Dated 4 October (1904). Rated 4R. Seen in a private collection 

Datestamp type 4b

1905

Bell datestamp type 4b. Dated 19 January 1906. Rated 5R. Seen in Manning, p. 26

Datestamp type 5b

1909

Bell datestamp type 5b. Dated 21 December 1909. Rated Rare. Seen in Smithies

1910

Bell datestamp type 5b. Dated 2 February 1910. Rated Rare. Seen in Philationo stamp auctions

Bell datestamp type 5b. Dated 10 May 1910. Rated Rare. Seen in Spink auction no 18047 lot no 105

Bell datestamp type 5b. Dated 17 May 1910. Rated Rare. Seen in Guillermo Jalil auctions

Bell datestamp type 5b. Dated 9 September 1910. Rated Rare. Seen in Australian Postmarks

1912

Bell datestamp type 5b. Dated 21 April 1912. Rated Rare. Seen in Status auction December 2022

1914

Bell datestamp type 5b. Dated 21 April 1914. Rated Rare

Datestamp type 5b in blue

1910

Bell datestamp type 5b in blue. Dated 24 June 1910. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1911

Bell datestamp type 5b in blue. Dated 3 February 1911. Rated 5R

Bell datestamp type 5b in blue. Dated March 1911. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group