Toowoomba Instructional Markings

Toowoomba post office, 110 km west of Brisbane, opened on 1 January 1858

Instructional Markings

• Closed Against Inspection (1893) rated 5R
• Deficient postage 2d (1882 - 1893) rated 5R
• Not Known by Letter Carriers (1899 - 1913) rated 5R
• Unclaimed (1891 - 1912) rated 4R 
• Unclaimed in Red (1867) rated 5R 
• Unclaimed in blue (1913) rated 5R 
• Hexagonal datestamp (P2B) (1895 - July 1898) rated 5R
• Telegraph Office in Violet / blue - 2 types, with open and closed separation marks (1906 - 1914) rated 5R

NSW Period (See examples HERE)

• Datestamp type NSW 1A (8 March 1858) rated 5R. Name on date stamp: "Toowomba"

Queensland Period (See examples HERE)

• Datestamp type 1a - (24 June 1863 - 25 October 1873) rated Common
• Datestamp type 1b - Codes 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6 (31 May 1875 - 15 July 1879) rated 4R
• Datestamp type 3c - (two subtypes) Codes None, A, B, C, D, E (2 types), F, F sideways, H, I (30 June 1879 - 17 October 1905) rated Common - 5R
• Datestamp type 4at - (15 January 1898 - 21 January 1907) rated Common
• Datestamp type 5a - (22 June 1905 - 12 November 1912) rated Common
• Machine cancellation type 4(a) (29 November 1909 - 21 February 1913) rated 3R

Toowoomba date stamps HERE. Toowoomba numeral 214 HERE. Toowoomba numeral 214 on NSW stamps HERE. Toowoomba duplex 214 HERE. Toowoomba duplex 626 HERE. Toowoomba duplex 647 HERE. Toowoomba registered HERE

Closed Against Inspection

1893

Toowoomba Closed Against Inspection instructional marking dated 17 December 1893. Rated 5R. Seen at Abacus auction no 242 lot no 1428

Deficient Postage

1882

Toowoomba deficient postage dated 20 January 1882. Rated 5R

1893

Toowoomba deficient postage dated 17 December 1893. Rated 5R.. Seen at Abacus auction no 242 lot no 1428

Not Known by Letter Carriers

1899

Toowoomba Not Known by Letter Carriers instructional marking dated 1899. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1904

Toowoomba Not Known by Letter Carriers instructional marking dated 1904. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1908

Toowoomba Not Known by Letter Carriers instructional marking dated 1908. Rated 5R. Courtesy of Dave Elsmore

1909

Toowoomba Not Known by Letter Carriers instructional marking dated 2 June 1909. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1910

Toowoomba Not Known by Letter Carriers instructional marking dated October 1910. Rated 5R. Seen on Ebay

1913

Toowoomba Not Known by Letter Carriers instructional marking dated 1913. Rated 5R

Unclaimed

1891

Toowoomba Unclaimed dated 21 April 1891. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1899

Toowoomba Unclaimed dated 1899. Rated 4R

Toowoomba Unclaimed dated 1899. Rated 4R. Seen on Ebay

Toowoomba Unclaimed dated 1899. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1908

Toowoomba Unclaimed dated 1908. Rated 4R. Courtesy of Dave Elsmore

1912

Toowoomba Unclaimed dated 1912. Rated 4R

Unclaimed in Red

1867

Toowoomba Unclaimed in red dated 1867. Rated 5R. Seen in Gartner auctions

Unclaimed in Blue

1913



Toowoomba Unclaimed in blue dated 3 February 1913. Rated 5R

Hexagonal datestamp

1895

Toowoomba Hexagonal datestamp dated 1895. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1896

Toowoomba Hexagonal datestamp dated February (1896). Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1897

Toowoomba Hexagonal datestamp dated 25 June 1897. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1898

Toowoomba Hexagonal datestamp dated 1898. Rated 5R

Toowoomba Hexagonal datestamp dated July 1898. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Unknown year

Toowoomba Hexagonal datestamp. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Toowoomba Hexagonal datestamp dated 15 February (1896 or 1897). Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Toowoomba Hexagonal datestamp. Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Telegraph Office

1906

Toowoomba Telegraph Office datestamp in Violet (open separation marks). Dated 29 August 1906 Rated 5R. Seen here

1914

Toowoomba Telegraph Office datestamp in blue (solid separation marks). Dated  March 1914 Rated 5R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group