North Coast Railway - TPO 3

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North Coast Railway (NCR) - TPO 3 (Travelling Post Office), running between Brisbane and Rockhampton from 26 October 1900 to 31 December 1930

• Datestamp type 1 DOWN (23 mm) (2 February 1901 - 21 March 1903) rated Rare
• Datestamp type 1 UP (23 mm) rated 5R
• Datestamp type 2a DOWN (25 mm) (5 August 1903 - 28 August 1910) rated Common
• Datestamp type 2a UP (25 mm) (6 November 1906 - 18 August 1913) rated Rare 
• Datestamp type 2b DOWN (25 mm) (24 September 1926) rated 4R
• Datestamp type 2b UP (25 mm) (19 May 1922 - 3 July 1930) rated 4R

North Coast Railway - TPO 3 numeral 576 HERE. North Coast Railway - TPO 3 registered HERE

L-R, NCR TPO 3 type 1 (unframed); NCR TPO 3 type 2a (framed); NCR TPO 3 type 2b (framed) (no numeral after TPO) 

Datestamp Type 1 DOWN (unframed)

1901

North Coast Railway datestamp type 1 DOWN rated rare. Dated 2 February 1901. Seen on Stampboards

1902

North Coast Railway datestamp type 1 DOWN rated rare. Dated 15 January 1902. Seen on Stampboards

1903

North Coast Railway datestamp type 1 DOWN rated rare. Dated 21 March 1903

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Datestamp Type 2a DOWN (framed)

1903

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 5 August 1903. Seen in a private collection

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 4 October 1903. Seen in a private collection

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 28 November 1903. Seen in a private collection

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 2 December 1903

1904

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 11 May 1904. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 25 May 1904

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated rare. Dated 13 June 1904

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 3 August 1904

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 10 August 1904

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 7 September 1904

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated rare. Dated 4 October 1904

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated rare. Dated 5 October 1904

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 10 October 1904. Seen in a Abacus auction no 240

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated rare. Dated 14 October 1904. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 19 October 1904. Seen in a private collection

1905

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 12 January 1905. Seen in a private collection

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 7 June 1905. Seen in the collection of Dave Elsmore

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 12 June 1905. Seen in a private collection

1908

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 1 April 1908. Seen on Ebay

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 7 April 1908

1909

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 4 March 1909. Seen in Phoenix auction no 2178

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 27 September 1909. Seen in a private collection

1910

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a DOWN rated common. Dated 28 August 1910. Seen in a private collection

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Datestamp Type 2a UP (framed)

1906

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a UP rated rare. Dated 6 November 1906. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1908

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a UP rated rare. Dated 19 December 1908. Seen in a private collection

1912

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a UP rated rare. Dated 30 April 1912. Courtesy of Dave Elsmore

1913

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2a UP rated rare. Dated 18 August 1913. Courtesy of Dave Elsmore

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Datestamp Type 2b DOWN (framed)

1926

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2b DOWN rated 4R. Dated 24 September 1926. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

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Datestamp Type 2b UP

1922

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2b UP rated 4R. Dated 19 May 1922. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1928

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2b UP rated 4R. Dated 10 January 1928. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1930

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2b UP rated 4R. Dated 2 July 1930. Courtesy of Dave Elsmore

Unclear date

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2b UP rated 4R. Dated 1- September. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

North Coast Railway datestamp type 2b UP rated 4R. Dated 7 June 192-. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group