Drayton

Drayton post office, 6 km south of Toowoomba opened on 1 January 1846 as Darling Downs and was renamed Drayton sometime in 1848

NSW Period

• Datestamp type NSW Oval (iii) - Crown below Drayton and above date - (12 October 1848 - 10 November 1856) rated 3R
• Datestamp type NSW 1 - Wavy line below Drayton and above date - (15 June 1855 - 15 May 1857) rated 3R
• Datestamp type NSW 1A (17 September 1857 - 23 January 1861) rated 2R
• Paid (NSW) - in red (1848 - 1855) rated 5R
• Too Late (NSW) (1856) rated 5R

Queensland Period

• Datestamp type 1a (25 December 1861 - 26 January 1869) rated 4R
• Datestamp type 3a (1 March 1900 - 15 May 1912) rated 5R
• Datestamp type 3b (7 July 1884 - 1 March 1909) rated 4R
• Datestamp type 6 (27 February 1913 - 22 April 1913) rated 4R
• Datestamp type 6 in violet (25 February 1913) rated 5R

Drayton numeral 85 on NSW stamps HERE. Drayton numeral 85 on Queensland stamps HERE. Drayton registered HERE

NSW Period

Datestamp type NSW Oval (iii)

1848

Drayton datestamp type NSW Oval (iii) dated 12 October 1848. Rated 3R. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 148 lot no 1177

1851

Drayton datestamp type NSW Oval (iii) dated 13 November 1851. Rated 3R. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 130 lot no 346

1854

Drayton datestamp type NSW Oval (iii) dated 1- November 1854. Rated 3R. Seen on Stampboards and at Prestige Philately auction no 169 lot no 426

1855

Drayton datestamp type NSW Oval (iii) dated 10 March 1855. Rated 3R. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 169 lot no 427

Drayton datestamp type NSW Oval (iii) dated November 1855. Rated 3R. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 169 lot no 428

1856

Drayton datestamp type NSW Oval (iii) dated 12 May 1856. Rated 3R. Seen in Tim Schofield Postal History Registered Mail in the Moreton Bay District of New South Wales to 1859. AusVipex 2020 – Australian National Virtual One-frame Stamp Exhibition

Drayton datestamp type NSW Oval (iii) dated 22 September 1856. Rated 3R. Seen at Phoenix auction no 57 lot no 1201. Ex Manning

Drayton datestamp type NSW Oval (iii) dated 31 October 1856. Rated 3R. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 169 lot no 429

Drayton datestamp type NSW Oval (iii) dated 10 November 1856. Rated 3R. Seen Abacus Online auction no 2 lot no 784

Datestamp type NSW 1

1855

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1 dated 15 June1855. Rated 3R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1 dated 21 July 1855. Rated 3R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 110 lot no 703

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1 dated 22 July 1855. Rated 3R. Month transposed and inverted. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 173 lot no 371

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1 dated 30 November 1855. Rated 3R. Month transposed and inverted. Seen in Abacus auction no 234 lot no 2

1856

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1 dated 26 December 1856. Rated 3R. Seen Abacus auction no 234 lot no 4

1857

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1 dated 10 March 1857. Rated 3R. Month transposed and inverted. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 181 lot no 1355

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1 dated 20 March 1857. Rated 3R. Seen in Tim Schofield Postal History Registered Mail in the Moreton Bay District of New South Wales to 1859. AusVipex 2020 – Australian National Virtual One-frame Stamp Exhibition

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1 dated 22 March 1857. Rated 3R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 173 lot no 450

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1 dated 15 May 1857. Rated 3R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234 lot no 8

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1 dated 17 July 1857. Rated 3R. Seen in Tim Schofield Postal History Registered Mail in the Moreton Bay District of New South Wales to 1859. AusVipex 2020 – Australian National Virtual One-frame Stamp Exhibition

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1 dated 1857. Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay

Datestamp type NSW 1A

1857

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 17 September 1857. Rated 2R. Seen in Phoenix auction no 86 lot no 687

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 16 October 1857. Rated 2R. Seen on Ebay

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1a dated 23 October 1857. Rated 3R. Seen in Tim Schofield Postal History Registered Mail in the Moreton Bay District of New South Wales to 1859. AusVipex 2020 – Australian National Virtual One-frame Stamp Exhibition

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 30 October 1857. Rated 2R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 173 lot no 451

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated November 1857. Rated 2R. Seen in Phoenix auction no 79 lot no 765

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 11 December 1857. Rated 2R. Seen in Abacus auction no 239 lot no 1642

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 18 December 1857. Rated 2R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 179 lot no 1276

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 31 December 1857. Rated 2R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 110 lot no 705

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 31 December 1857. Rated 2R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 110 lot no 704

1858

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 7 January 1858. Rated 2R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234 lot no 9

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1a dated 1 February 1858. Rated 3R. Seen in Tim Schofield Postal History Registered Mail in the Moreton Bay District of New South Wales to 1859. AusVipex 2020 – Australian National Virtual One-frame Stamp Exhibition

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 18 February 1858. Rated 2R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 193 lot no 349

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 8 April 1858. Rated 2R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 232 lot no 577

1859

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 23 March 1859. Rated 2R. Seen on Stampboards

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 13 July 1859. Rated 2R. Seen on Ebay

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 14 September 1859. Rated 2R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 181 lot no 1062

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated December 1859. Rated 2R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 113 lot no 438

1860

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 18 January 1860. Rated 2R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 179 lot no 1278

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated January 1860. Rated 2R. Seen in Status auctions

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 15 February 1860. Rated 2R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 181 lot no 1062

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 18 April 1860. Rated 2R. Seen on Ebay

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 16 May 1860. Rated 2R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234 lot no 554

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 30 May 1860. Rated 2R. Seen in Abacus online auction no 1 lot no 1240

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 2 November 1860. Rated 2R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 123 lot no 646

1861

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated 23 January 1861. Rated 2R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Drayton datestamp type NSW 1A dated January 1861. Rated 2R. Seen in Corinphila auctions

Paid (NSW)

1848

Drayton Paid handstamp in red dated 12 October 1848. Rated 5R. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 148 lot no 1177

1855

Drayton Paid handstamp dated 22 May 1855. Rated 5R. Seen in White p. 192

Drayton Paid handstamp. Rated 5R. Seen in Millennium auction no 80 lot no 422

Too Late (NSW)

1856

Drayton Too Late handstamp dated 26 December 1856. Rated 5R. Seen Abacus auction no 234 lot no 4

Queensland Period

Datestamp type 1a

1862

Drayton datestamp type 1a dated 1 August 1862. Rated 4R. Seen at Abacus auction no 234 lot no 160

1865

Drayton datestamp type 1a dated 29 March 1865. Rated 4R. Seen at Abacus Online auction no 1 lot no 1245

Drayton datestamp type 1a dated 15 April 1865. Rated 4R. Seen on Ebay

1866

Drayton datestamp type 1a dated 26 November 1866. Rated 4R. Seen at Abacus auction no 234 lot no 681

1869

Drayton datestamp type 1a dated 26 January 1869. Rated 4R. Seen in Smithies

Datestamp type 3a

Drayton datestamp type 3a dated 22 October 1901. Rated 5R. Seen in Manning p. 82

Drayton datestamp type 3a dated 15 May 1912. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Datestamp type 3b

Drayton datestamp type 3b dated March 1906. Rated 4R. Seen in a private collection

Drayton datestamp type 3b dated 30 June 1908. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Datestamp type 6 in Violet

Drayton datestamp type 6 in violet dated 25 February 1913. Rated 5R. Seen in Manning p. 82