Byrnestown / Byrnestown Rail

Byrnestown post office, 24 km north east of Gayndah, opened in November 1903 and closed on 4 November 1911. Byrnestown Rail post office, 5 km from Byrnestown, opened in mid 1910. It appears that the date stamps from the Byrnestown post office were transferred to the Byrnestown Rail post office as they continued to  be used after the Byrnestown post office closed in November 1911. 

Manning lists the final Byrnestown date stamp as a type 6t and it also appears that the only example seen by me of a type 6 Byrnestown date stamp is a type 6 with the R.S. portion removed. It is possible that the Byrnestown date stamp seen by Manning is a type 6t while the Byrnestown type 6 shown on this blog page is actually the Byrnestown Rail type 6 that has been altered. To be certain I will need to see a type 6 example from before May 1911

• Datestamp type 5a (23 May 1904 - 6 February 1912) rated 4R - $60 on cover
• Datestamp type 6 (16 May 1911 - 23 October 1913) rated 5R - $60, $80 on cover
• Datestamp type 6 (12 September 1911) rated 5R. Name on date stamp: "Byrnestown R.S." - $100 on cover

Byrnestown numeral 167 HERE. Byrnestown registered HERE

Datestamp type 5a

1904

Byrnestown date stamp type 5a dated 23 May 1904. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Facebook Stamp Collecting Group

Byrnestown date stamp type 5a dated 20 September 1904. Rated 4R. Seen in Status auctions

Byrnestown date stamp type 5a dated 14 October 1904. Rated 4R. Seen in the collection of Carl Burnett

Byrnestown date stamp type 5a dated December 1904. Rated 4R. Seen in Smithies

Datestamp type 6

1912

Byrnestown date stamp type 6 dated 3 December 1912. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus online auction no 4 lot no 463

Unclear date

Byrnestown date stamp type 6. Rated 5R. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

Datestamp type 6 - Byrnestown Rail

1911

Byrnestown Rail datestamp type 6 dated 12 September 1911. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234 lot no 670