Esk

Esk post office, 56 km north east of Toowoomba, opened as Mount Esk on 1 February 1874 and was renamed Esk in February 1881

• Datestamp type 1b - "Mount" removed (5 December 1884 - 24 December 1888) rated 5R - $80 on cover
• Datestamp type 3c - "Mount" removed (15 July 1890 - 26 February 1894) rated 4R - $35
• Datestamp type 3c (i) (4 July 1894 - 19 July 1909) rated Common - $5, $12 on cover
• Datestamp type 5a - dots around name (5 May 1903 - 21 February 1913) rated Common - $5, $10 on cover

Esk numeral 177 HERE. Esk registered HERE

Datestamp type 1b

1884

Esk date stamp type 1b dated 5 December 1884. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1886

Esk date stamp type 1b dated 24 June 1886. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Datestamp type 3c

1890

Esk date stamp type 3c dated 15 July 1890. Rated 4R. Seen in Smithies

1891

Esk date stamp type 3c dated December 1891. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1892

Esk date stamp type 3c dated 16 July 1892. Rated 4R

1893

Esk date stamp type 3c dated 1893. Rated 4R. Seen in Phoenix auction no 68

1894

Esk date stamp type 3c dated 26 February 1894. Rated 4R. Seen in a private collection

Datestamp type 3c (i)

1894

Esk date stamp type 3c (i) dated 4 July 1894. Rated Common

1895

Esk date stamp type 3c (i) dated 8 May 1895

1898

Esk date stamp type 3c (i) dated 15 December 1898. Rated Common

1899

Esk date stamp type 3c (i) dated 17 April 1899. Rated Common

1900

Esk date stamps type 3c (i) dated May and December 1900. Rated Common

1901

Esk date stamp type 3c (i) dated 15 April 1901. Rated Common. Seen in a private collection

Esk date stamp type 3c (i) dated 15 June 1901. Rated Common. Ex Smithies

1903

Esk date stamp type 3c (i) dated 5 September 1903. Rated Common. Seen on Ebay

Datestamp type 5a

1904

Esk date stamp type 5a dated 18 September 1904. Rated Common. Seen in a private collection

Esk date stamp type 5a dated 7 October 1904. Rated Common. Seen in Smithies

1905

Esk date stamp type 5a dated 14 January 1905. Rated Common. Seen in a private collection

1906

Esk date stamp type 5a dated 3 February 1906. Rated Common. Seen in a private collection

1910

Esk date stamp type 5a dated 4 October 1910. Rated Common. Seen on Ebay

Esk date stamps type 5a dated 1910 - 1912. Rated Common