Tuesday, 12 December 2023

Central Railway - TPO 2


Central Railway (CR) - TPO 2 (Travelling Post Office), running between Rockhampton and Longreach from 13 July 1885 to around the end of 1901
  • Datestamp type 1 - Code A (23 mm)  (April 1887 - 22 April 1893) rated 5R
  • Datestamp type 4 (29 mm) (5 October 1895 - 6 October 1901) rated 4R
  • Datestamp type 5 DOWN (23 mm) (July 1899) rated 5R

Left to right: Type 1, Type 4, Type 5 (all unframed)

Central Railway - TPO 2 numeral 411 HERE. Central Railway - TPO 2 registered HERE

Datestamp Type 1 Code A (unframed)
1893
Central Railway datestamp type 1 Code A rated 5R. Dated 22 April 1893. Seen in Spink auction no 12043 lot no 1445. Ex Alan Griffiths


Datestamp Type 4 (unframed)
1895
Central Railway datestamp type 4 rated 4R. Dated 5 October 1895. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

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