Railways

The first railway in Queensland commenced operating in July 1865 and over time a network of railways, not always connected, developed. Travelling Post Offices (TPOs) were introduced into the system on 1 January 1877 and continued until 1936. The TPO numbers for each line refer to a specific TPO rail car / van used on that line

BUNDABERG RAILWAY


CAIRNS RAILWAY


CENTRAL RAILWAY

Central Railway Datestamps
Type 1 GUARD - numerals 1, 2 or 4 either side
(25 mm unframed) 

Type 2 CENTRAL RYL (unframed)

Central Railway TPO Datestamps
Type 1
(23 mm unframed) - (TPO 1 - 2) all CENTRAL
L-R; TPO 1, TPO 2

Type 2
(29 mm unframed) - (TPO 3) CENTRALR
TPO 3

Type 3
(24 mm unframed) - (TPO 1, 3) CENTRAL No.
TPO 1

Type 4
(29 mm unframed) - (TPO 2) C.R.
TPO 2

Type 5
(23 mm unframed) - (TPO 1 - 3) CENTRAL RWAY and CENTRAL.R.
TPO 1, TPO 3

Type 6
(26 mm framed) - (TPO 1) C.R
TPO 1

Type 7
(30 mm framed) - (TPO 1) CENTRAL
TPO 7

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY

Great Northern Railway Datestamps
Type 1 - numerals 1 or 2 either side
(24 mm unframed) G.N.RAILWAY
L-R: Great Northern Railway type 1 - numeral 1 either side, Great Northern Railway type 1 - numeral 2 either side

MARYBOROUGH RAILWAY


NORTH COAST RAILWAY

North Coast Railway TPO Datestamps
Type 1
(23 mm unframed) - (TPO 1 - 3) all N.C.R'WAY
L-R; TPO 1, TPO 2, TPO 3 

Type 2
(25 mm framed) - (TPO 1 - 6) N.C and N.C.R
Top L-R; TPO 1, TPO 2, TPO 3 type 2a, TPO 3 type 2b 
Bottom L-R; TPO 4, TPO 5, TPO 6

Type 3
(32 mm framed) (TPO 4 only)
TPO 4 

NORTHERN RAILWAY

Northern Railway TPO Datestamps
Type 1
(23 mm unframed) - (TPO 1 - 2) all NORTHERN RY
L-R; TPO 1, TPO 2

Type 2
(25 mm framed) - (TPO 1 - 2) all N.R
L-R; TPO 1, TPO 2

Type 3
(30 mm framed) - (TPO 2) N.R
TPO 2

SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY

Southern and Western railway Datestamps
Type 1 S & W.R.L - Codes 1, 2, 3
(30 x 9 mm framed)
L-R: Type 1, Codes 1, 2, 3

Type 2 S.W.R. SO LINE Code 10
(24 mm unframed)

Southern and Western Railway TPO Datestamps
Type 1
(23 mm unframed) - (TPO 1 - 6) various wordings

L-R: TPO 1a, TPO 1b, TPO 2a, TPO 2b, TPO 3, TPO 4, TPO 5, TPO 6

Type 2
(23 mm unframed) - (TPO 3) 
TPO 3

Type 3 and 3a
(type 3 - 28 mm framed, Type 3a - unframed) - (TPO unnumbered, 1, 3) T.P. O, (type 3a TPO unnumbered) T.P.O.S& W.R
L-R: Type 3 - TPO unnumbered, TPO 1, TPO 4, Type 3a - unnumbered

Type 4
(24 mm unframed) - (TPO 2 - 6) S&W.R, S&W.RLY
L-R:  TPO 3, TPO 5, TPO 6

Type 5
(25.5 mm framed) - (TPO 1 - 7) S&W.R, S&W
L-R: TPO 1, TPO 3, TPO 4, TPO 6, TPO 7a, TPO 7b

Type 6
(29 mm (type 1), 25.5 mm (types 5 & 6) framed) - (TPO 1, 5, 6) S &WR

Type 7
(30 mm framed) - (TPO 1, 3 - 7) S&WR, S& W. R, S & W, S&W
L-R: TPO 1, TPO 3, TPO 4, TPO 6, TPO 7a, TPO 7b

Type 8
(33 mm framed) - (TPO 8) WEST
TPO 5

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Please note. I do not collect Commonwealth material so all examples have been provided by others (mainly from the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group). Therefore the Commonwealth era listings are representative only, with the scarcity ratings largely derived from a combination of David Hopper's work (adjusted as he uses a 'scarce' rating and I don't) and the number of examples shown to me

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