Saturday, 13 August 2022

Mungindi

Mungindi post office, 87 km east south east of Dirranbandi. The post office opened on the New South Wales side of the border on 1 September 1865 and the town was transferred to New South Wales administration on 1 April 1867. This post office closed in 1877 

A new Mungindi post office opened on the Queensland side of the border in 1880 and was reduced to a receiving office around 1902. The original NSW date stamp may have continued in use before being replaced by a Queensland date stamp
  • Datestamp type 3b (19 August 1895 - 18 February 1902) rated 3R - $18, $35 on cover

Mungindi numeral 52 HERE. Mungindi numeral 327 HERE. Mungindi registered HERE

NSW date stamp 
1880
Mungindi datestamp NSW type C71 dated March 1880. Seen on Ebay

1909
Mungindi New South Wales datestamp dated 18 March 1909. Seen in Phoenix auctions

Queensland
Datestamp type 3b
1897
Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 13 February 1897. Rated 3R. Seen in a private collection

1899
Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 10 July 1899. Rated 3R. Seen on Stampboards

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 6 September 1899. Rated 3R

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 18 September 1899. Rated 3R. Seen in Smithies

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 30 October 1899. Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay

1900
Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 3 October 1900. Rated 3R

1901
Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 4 May 1901. Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay

1902
Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 8 February 1902. Rated 3R

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 18 February 1902. Rated 3R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

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