Clarke River

Clarke River post office, 132 km north west of Charters Towers, opened as a telegraph office in 1879. It is thought the post office opened around 1908 but it may well have been in operation from the beginning

• Datestamp type 4bt (18 September 1908 - 12 June 1909) rated 5R
• Datestamp type 6 (11 January 1913) rated 5R

Datestamp type 4bt

Clarke River datestamp type 4bt dated 18 September 1908. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Clarke River datestamp type 4bt dated 12 June 1909. Rated 5R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234 lot no 676

Datestamp type 6

Clarke River datestamp type 6 dated 11 January 1912. Rated 5R. Seen in Manning, p. 61