Cooktown

Cooktown post office, 170 km north of Cairns, opened on 1 January 1874

• Datestamp type 3a (7 July 1883) rated 5R
• Datestamp type 3c - No code  (16 August 1875 - 9 March 1877 and 12 July 1906 - 6 December 1907) rated 4R
• Datestamp type 3c - No code in red (27 January 1877) rated 5R
• Datestamp type 3c - Codes A, B, C, D (28 October 1876 - 6 October 1909) rated 2R - 5R
• Datestamp type 3c (i) - two vertical dots. Codes A, B (16 September 1892 - 6 October 1899) rated 5R
• Datestamp type 4a (4 January 1904 - 7 August 1908) rated 4R
• Datestamp type 4at (23 June 1899 - 2 July 1913) rated Common
• Deficient postage 4d (1886) rated 5R

This is a simplified listing. There are additional minor differences in the diameter of some of the date stamp types as well as the placing of the dates within them

Cooktown numeral 178 HERE. Cooktown registered HERE

Datestamp type 3a

1883

Cooktown datestamp type 3a dated 7 July 1883. Rated 5R. Seen in a private collection

Datestamp type 3c

1875

Cooktown datestamp type 3c dated 16 August 1875. Rated 4R. Seen on Ebay

1876

Cooktown datestamp type 3c dated 30 March 1876. Rated 4R. Seen on Ebay

1877

Cooktown datestamp type 3c dated 27 February 1877. Rated 4R. Seen in Abacus auction no 231 lot no 540

Cooktown datestamp type 3c dated 9 March 1877. Rated 4R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234 lot no 86 

1906

Cooktown datestamp type 3c dated 12 July 1906. Rated 4R. Courtesy of Dave Elsmore

1907

Cooktown datestamp type 3c dated 6 December 1907. Rated 4R

Datestamp type 3c in red

1877

Cooktown datestamp type 3c in red dated 27 January 1877. Rated 5R. Seen in Millennium auction no 80 lot no 348

Datestamp type 3c Code A

1886

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code A dated 9 April 1886. Rated 2R. Seen in a private collection

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code A dated 9 April 1886. Rated 2R. Seen on Ebay

1888

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code A dated 17 April 1888. Rated 2R. Seen on Ebay

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code A dated 26 September 1888. Rated 2R. Seen on Ebay

1889

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code A dated 23 February 1889. Rated 2R. Seen in Cavendish auctions

1890

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code A dated 21 January 1890. Rated 2R. Seen at auction

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code A dated 23 July 1890. Rated 2R

1891

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code A dated 14 July 1891. Rated 2R. Seen on Ebay

1893

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code A dated 6 June 1893. Rated 2R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234

1897

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code A dated 29 October 1897. Rated 2R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 136

1899

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code A dated 26 October 1899. Rated 2R

1903

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code A dated 5 August 1903. Rated 2R

Datestamp type 3c Code B

1890

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code B dated 13 October 1890. Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay

1891

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code B dated 7 September

 1891. Rated 3R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 157

1893

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code B dated 23 February 1893. Rated 3R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1896

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code B dated 11 May 1896. Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code B dated 11 May 1896. Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code B dated 12 May 1896. Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code B dated 9 July 1896. Rated 3R. Seen in Corinphila auctions 2024

1898

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code B dated 26 September 1898. Rated 3R

Datestamp type 3c Code C

1907

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code C dated 3 October 1907. Rated 5R. Seen on Ebay

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code C dated 11 October 1907. Rated 5R. Seen in a private collection

Datestamp type 3c Code D

1907

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code D dated 27 September 1907. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Cooktown datestamp type 3c Code D dated 16 October 1907. Rated 5R. Seen on Ebay

Datestamp type 3c (i) Code A

1894

Cooktown datestamp type 3c (i) Code A dated 6 September 1894. Rated 5R. Seen in Gaertner auction June 2018

Datestamp type 4a

1904

Cooktown datestamp type 4a dated 14 July 1904. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Cooktown datestamp type 4a dated 20 September 1904. Rated 4R

1908

Cooktown datestamp type 4a dated 7 August 1908. Rated 4R. Seen on Ebay

Datestamp type 4at 

1899

Cooktown datestamp type 4at dated 8 September 1899. Rated Common. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 149

1900

Cooktown datestamp type 4at dated 8 May 1900. Rated Common. Seen on Ebay

1901

Cooktown datestamp type 4at dated 15 November 1901. Rated Common. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1902

Cooktown datestamp type 4at dated 8 May 1902. Rated Common

1902

Cooktown datestamp type 4at dated 15 May 1903. Rated Common

Cooktown datestamp type 4at dated 14 October 1903. Rated Common

1905

Cooktown datestamp type 4at dated 9 November 1905. Rated Common

Cooktown datestamp type 4at dated 1 December 1905. Rated Common. Seen in a private collection

1907

Cooktown datestamp type 4at dated 8 November 1907. Rated Common

Cooktown datestamp type 4at dated 28 December 1907. Rated Common

Cooktown datestamp type 4at dated 12 November 1909 1905. Rated Common. Seen in a private collection

Deficient Postage 

Cooktown Deficient Postage dated 9 April 1886. Rated 5R. Seen in a private collection

Cooktown Deficient Postage dated 9 April 1886. Rated 5R. Seen on Ebay