Christmas Creek

Christmas Creek post office, 22 km south of Beaudesert, opened on 1 October 1877 and was reduced to a receiving office on 24 April 1888. It re-opened as a post office on 1 November 1889

• Datestamp type 3a (25 November 1899 - 19 December 1899) rated 5R - $75 on cover
• Datestamp type 5a (29 August 1903 - 4 June 1910) rated 3R. Name on date stamp: "Christmas Ck" - $20, $30 on cover

Christmas Creek numeral 101 HERE. Christmas Creek numeral 476 HERE

Datestamp type 3a

1899

Christmas Creek datestamp type 3a dated 25 November 1899. Rated 5R. Seen in the collection of Dr Andrew Mortlock

Christmas Creek datestamp type 3a dated 19 December 1899. Rated 5R. Seen in Stampboards

Datestamp type 5a

1903

Christmas Creek datestamp type 5a dated 29 August 1903. Rated 3R. Seen in Smithies

1905

Christmas Creek datestamp type 5a dated 19 September 1905. Rated 3R. Seen in Manning, p. 170

1908

Christmas Creek datestamp type 5a dated 17 March 1908. Rated 3R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1909

Christmas Creek datestamp type 5a dated 28 July 1909 (reads 1919 in error). Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay

1910

Christmas Creek datestamp type 5a dated 4 June 1910. Rated 3R. Seen in a private collection

Unknown year

Christmas Creek datestamp type 5a. Rated 3R. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis