Central Railway - TPO 3

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Central Railway (CR) - TPO 3 (Travelling Post Office), running between Rockhampton and Longreach from 13 July 1885 to around the end of 1901

• Datestamp type 2 DOWN - Code A (29 mm) (11 August 1890) rated 4R
• Datestamp type 2 No direction (29 mm) (December 1897) rated 4R
• Datestamp type 3 (24 mm) (1890) rated 5R
• Datestamp type 5 DOWN (23 mm) (21 February 1901) rated 5R

Left to right: Type 2, Type 3, Type 5 (all unframed)

Central Railway - TPO 3 numeral 412 HERE. Central Railway - TPO 3 registered HERE

Datestamp Type 2 DOWN Code A (unframed)

1890

Central Railway datestamp type 2 DOWN Code A rated 4R. Dated 11 August 1890

Central Railway datestamp type 2 rated 4R. Seen in the collection of Dr Tim Dexter

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Datestamp Type 2 No direction (unframed)

1897

Central Railway datestamp type 2 No direction rated 4R. Dated December 1897
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Datestamp Type 5 DOWN (unframed)

1901

Central Railway datestamp type 5 DOWN rated 5R. Dated 21 February 1901. Seen in Abacus online auction no 4 lot no 530