Crown Seals were used to seal mail bags, but several of those issued to Queensland post offices can be found cancelling stamps. In most cases they were probably applied in error instead of the numeral obliterator, as the instruments were similar in shape, or when the obliterator was not conveniently to hand.
However, as they were intended for impressing a seal, when used as an obliterator they gave a negative impression, unfortunately in many cases not very legible. There were several different types of seals and they appear to have been manufactured around 1900. Here are some of the different types
Seals seen postally used were usually oval in shape, usually but not always with ‘POST OFFICE round the top, the name at the foot, and a Crown in the centre.
Donors Hill
Thargomindah, which was originally named Thorgomindah
The census comprises two groups, those postally used, and those held by the Australia Post museum, most of which were not postally used
Postal use
Those that can be deciphered, or appear on a piece with an accompanying datestamp, are listed below. To see the crown seal impression, click on the link
- Capella
- Cape York
- Clermont
- Donors Hill
- Dunwich
- Eprapah Creek
- Killarney North. Seen by Campbell but not by me
- Macknade. Seen by Campbell but not by me
- Macrossan
- Mt. Colliery. Seen by Campbell but not by me
- Murgon. Seen by Campbell but not by me
- Oakey. Seen by Campbell but not by me
- Parliament House. Seen by Campbell but not by me
- Pentland. Seen by Campbell but not by me
- Rockwood. Seen by Campbell but not by me
- Stamford
- Tate Tin Mines
- Toolburra
- Thargomindah
- Yeronga
Held in the Australia Post Museum
- Alligator Creek
- Angellala
- Archer Point
- Atherton
- Aubigny
- Balfes Creek
- Batavia
- Benarkin
- Biboomba
- Blue Mountains
- Bollon
- Brisbane Exhibition Post Office
- Brisbane GPO (3 types)
- Broowena
- Bullyard
- Bundaberg
- Burketown
- Byee
- Cape York
- Carina
- Clarke River
- Clifton Homestead
- Daintree (two types)
- Dead Letter Office
- Didcot
- Elliott Heads
- Fairymead
- Girofla
- Gladfield
- Gladstone South
- Gooray
- Gooroolba
- Gootchie
- Gradule
- Granville
- Greenmount East
- Grovely West
- Ingham
- Jooro
- Killarney
- Kolijo
- Lancelot
- Maytown
- Maleny
- Morganbury
- Mossman River
- Mount Morinish
- Mulgowie
- Nangwee
- Olio
- Oorindi
- Ord
- Red Island
- Silver Spur
- South Brisbane
- Stamp Office
- Stannary Hills
- Surfers Paradise
- Taringa
- Teutoburg (two types)
- Toowoomba West
- Urangan
- Wolfram (two types)
- Woodbine
- Woolloongabba Postmaster
- Warwick Postmaster
- Willowburn
- Yerra
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