Southern and Western Railway - TPO 7

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Southern and Western Railway [S&WR], TPO 7 (Travelling Post office), operated on the Southern line - Toowoomba to Wallangarra, from 1907 to 12 August 1932

• Datestamp type 5 - DOWN (26 mm) (27 December 1907 - 2 January 1917) rated Common - $5, $12 on cover
• Datestamp type 5 - UP (26 mm) (25 September 1907 - 5 March 1914) rated Rare - $8, $15 on cover
• Datestamp type 7a - DOWN (30 mm) (30 November 1916 - 15 August 1923) rated 4R - $25
• Datestamp type 7a - UP (30 mm) (17 August 1920 - 20 March 1923) rated 2R - $15, $50 on cover
• Datestamp type 7b - DOWN (30 mm) (10 May 1927 - 13 April 1932) rated 2R - $15, $50 on cover
• Datestamp type 7b - UP (30 mm) (19 April 1927 - 6 August 1932) rated Rare - $8, $15 on cover

Southern and Western Railway - TPO 7 registered HERE


L - R: type 5, Type 7a, Type 7b (all framed)

Datestamp Type 5 DOWN (framed)
1907

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 DOWN rated common. Dated 20 November 1907. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 DOWN rated common. Dated 27 December 1907. Seen in a private collection

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 DOWN rated common. Dated 30 December 1907. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1909

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 DOWN rated common. Dated 15 February 1909. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 DOWN rated common. Dated 11 March 1909. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1910

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 DOWN rated common. Dated 10 March 1910. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1913

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 DOWN rated common. Dated 30 September 1913. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1916

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 DOWN rated common. Dated 6 August 1916. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1917

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 DOWN rated common. Dated 2 January 1917. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Unclear date

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 DOWN rated common. Dated 4 June 190-. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 DOWN rated common. Dated 13 J-. Seen in the collection of David Hopper
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Datestamp Type 5 UP (framed)

1907

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 UP rated 2R. Dated 25 September 1907. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1908

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 UP rated 2R. Dated 10 August 1908. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1909

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 UP rated 2R. Dated 17 May 1909. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1910

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 UP rated 2R. Dated 5 February 1910. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1911

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 UP rated 2R. Dated 10 July 1911. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1913

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 UP rated 2R. Dated 10 April 1913. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 UP rated 2R. Dated 9 June 1913. Seen in Abacus auction no 248 lot no 591

1914

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 UP rated 2R. Dated 5 March 1914. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

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Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 5 UP rated 2R. Dated 23 April 190-. Seen in a private collection
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Datestamp Type 7a DOWN (framed)

1916

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a DOWN rated 4R. Dated 30 November 1916. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1922

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a DOWN rated 4R. Dated 23 June 1922. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a DOWN rated 4R. Dated 13 September 1922. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Unclear date

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a DOWN rated 4R. Dated 6 September 192-. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a DOWN rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
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Datestamp Type 7a UP

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a UP rated 2R. Dated 17 August 1920. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a UP rated 2R. Dated 2 September 1920. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1921

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a UP rated 2R. Dated 9 March 1921. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1923

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a UP rated 2R. Dated 20 March 1923. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Unclear date

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a UP rated 2R. Dated 16 June 192-. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a UP rated 2R. Dated 11 February. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a UP rated 2R. Dated 11 August. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7a UP rated 2R. Seen in the collection of David Hopper
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Datestamp Type 7b DOWN (framed)

1927

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b DOWN rated 2R. Dated 10 May 1927. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1928

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b DOWN rated 2R. Dated 18 February 1928. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1930

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b DOWN rated 2R. Dated 19 February 1930. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b DOWN rated 2R. Dated 8 September 1930. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b DOWN rated 2R. Dated 26 November 1930. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1931



Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b DOWN rated 2R. Dated 18 June 1931. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1932

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b DOWN rated 2R. Dated 13 April 1932. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

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Datestamp Type 7b UP (framed)
1927

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 19 April 1927. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 16 September 1927. Seen in a private collection

1928

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 7 August 1928. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1929

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 16 April 1929. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 9 July 1929. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1930

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 10 March 1930. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 8 July 1930. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1931

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 11 March 1931. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 25 August 1931. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 9 September 1931. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

1932

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 19 January 1932. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 19 May 1932. Seen in the collection of David Hopper

Southern and Western Railway datestamp type 7b UP rated rare. Dated 6 August 1932. Seen in the collection of David Hopper