Coomera post office, 16 km north west of Southport. There were two separate post offices. The first one opened on 1 April 1869 and was renamed Coomera Upper in around 1890 to avoid confusion with the nearby Coomera Township post office, which opened on 18 September 1875 and had been renamed Coomera on 3 September 1889
Coomera post office used the Coomera (Chalon period) and Upper Coomera date stamps while the Coomera Township post office used the L. Coomera and Coomera (Sideface period) date stamps
- Datestamp type 3a (i) (21 March 1876) rated 5R. Name on date stamp: "Coomera" with a long space between the fleuron and "C". Seen in the Chalon period only
- Datestamp type 3a (ii) (22 March 1876 - 14 November 1903) rated 3R. Name on date stamp: "I .Coomera" or "L.Coomera"
- Datestamp type 3a (iii) (24 September 1900 - 13 November 1912) rated 4R. Name on date stamp: "Coomera" with a long space between the fleuron and "C". Seen in the Sideface period only
- Datestamp type 3c (10 June 1899 - 11 February 1910) rated 3R. Name on date stamp: "Upper Coomera"
- Datestamp type 5c (11 June 1913) rated 5R. Name on date stamp: "Upper Coomera"
Coomera numeral 127 HERE. Coomera numeral 207 HERE. Coomera registered HERE. Upper Coomera registered HERE. L.Coomera registered HERE
Datestamp type 3a (i)
1876
Coomera datestamp type 3a (i) dated 21 March 1876. Rated 5R. Seen on Ebay
Datestamp type 3a (ii)
1876
I .Coomera datestamp type 3a (ii) dated 22 March 1876. Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay
1894
I .Coomera datestamp type 3a (ii) dated 3 January 1894. Rated 3R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
I .Coomera datestamp type 3a (ii) dated 10 May 1894. Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay
1895
I .Coomera datestamp type 3a (ii) dated 23 February 1895. Rated 3R. Seen in a private collection
1897
I .Coomera datestamp type 3a (i1) dated 29 January 1897. Rated 3R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
1902
L.Coomera datestamp type 3a (ii) dated 11 January 1902. Rated 3R. Seen in Premier Postal sales
1903
I .Coomera datestamp type 3a (ii) dated 14 November 1903. Rated 3R
Datestamp type 3a (iii)
1900
Coomera datestamp type 3a (iii) dated 24 September 1900. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
1911
Coomera datestamp type 3a (iii) dated 13 October 1911. Rated 4R. Seen in Smithies
Datestamp type 3c
1899
Upper Coomera datestamp type 3c dated 10 June 1899. Rated 3R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234 lot no 740
1908
Upper Coomera datestamp type 3c dated 8 July 1908. Rated 3R. Seen in a private collection
1910
Upper Coomera datestamp type 3c dated 11 February 1910. Rated 3R. Seen in a private collection
Upper Coomera datestamp type 3c dated 22 January. Rated 3R. Seen in Premier Postal auction no 117
Datestamp type 5c
1913
Upper Coomera datestamp type 5c dated 11 June 1913. Rated 5R. Seen in Smithies
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