Taroom

Taroom post office, 120 km north north west of Miles, opened on 1 April 1856

NSW Period

• Datestamp type NSW 2 - Wavy line below Taroom and above date - (September 1857) rated 5R. Name on date stamp: "Taroon" - $100 on cover
• Datestamp type NSW 3 (14 February 1860 - 4 February 1861) rated 4R. Name on date stamp: "Taroon" - $60 on cover

Queensland Period

• Datestamp type 1a (17 July 1861 - 23 December 1878) rated 4R - $60 on cover
• Datestamp type 2 (5 May 1889) rated 5R. Name on date stamp: "Taroon" - $80
• Datestamp type 3c (14 October 1889 - 26 August 1905) rated Common - $10, $12 on cover
• Datestamp type 4b (11 January 1899 - 5 November 1912) rated Rare - $10, $11 on cover
• Datestamp type 6 (14 February 1912 - 4 September 1913) rated 4R - $50

Taroom numeral 152 HERE. Taroom numeral 515 HERE. Taroom registered HERE

Datestamp type NSW 2

1857

Taroom datestamp type NSW 2 dated September 1857 (2 strikes). Rated 5R. Seen in Phoenix auction no 86 lot no 687

Datestamp type NSW 3

1860

Taroom datestamp type NSW 3 dated 14 February 1860. Rated 4R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234 lot no 12

Taroom datestamp type NSW 3 dated 21 May 1860. Rated 4R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234 lot no 554

Taroom datestamp type NSW 3 dated 10 October 1860. Rated 4R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 110 lot no 709

1861

Taroom datestamp type NSW 3 dated 4 February 1861 (not 1860 as the 2d Queensland Chalon issue only went on sale in November 1860). Rated 4R. Seen in Status auctions

Queensland

Datestamp type 1a

1861

Taroom datestamp type 1a dated 17 July 1861. Rated 4R. Seen in Abacus auction no 239 lot no 1654

1866

Taroom datestamp type 1a dated 11 January 1866. Rated 4R. Seen in Abacus auction no 260 Lot 2004

1868

Taroom datestamp type 1a dated 14 September 1868. Rated 4R. Seen on Ebay

1876

Taroom datestamp type 1a dated 29 July 1876. Rated 4R. Seen in Abacus online auction no 1 lot 1277

1878

Taroom datestamp type 1a dated 23 December 1878. Rated 4R. Seen in Corinphila auction no 348

Datestamp type 2

1889

Taroom datestamp type 2 dated 5 May 1889. Rated 5R

Unknown year

Taroom datestamp type 2 dated 22 May 188-. Rated 5R. Seen in the collection of Tony Griffin

Datestamp type 3c

1889

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 14 October 1889. Rated common. Seen in a private collection

1893

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 14 July 1893. Rated common. Seen in Smithies

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 8 December 1893. Rated common

1894

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 28 January 1894. Rated common

1898

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 14 September 1898. Rated common. Seen in Gartner auction no 49

1899

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 14 June 1899. Rated common

1900

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 9 May 1900. Rated common

1901

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 17 February 1901. Rated common

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 20 February 1901. Rated common. Seen in on Ebay

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 20 February 1901. Rated common. Seen in on Ebay

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 20 February 1901. Rated common. Seen in Status auctions 2022

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 16 March 1901. Rated common. Seen in a private collection

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 17 August 1901. Rated common. Seen in a private collection

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 28 September 1901. Rated common

1902

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 11 March 1902. Rated common. Seen in Smithies

Taroom datestamp type 3c dated 4 November 1902. Rated common. Seen in on Ebay

Taroom datestamp type 3c. Rated common

Datestamp type 4b

1904

Taroom datestamp type 4b dated 7 January 1904. Rated rare. Seen in a private collection. Ex Smithies

Taroom datestamp type 4b dated 12 October 1904. Rated rare

Taroom datestamp type 4b dated 30 November 1904. Rated rare. Seen in a private collection

1905

Taroom datestamp type 4b dated October 1905. Rated rare

1907

Taroom datestamp type 4b dated 20 July 1907. Rated rare. Seen on Ebay

Taroom datestamp type 4b dated 13 September 1907. Rated rare

Taroom datestamp type 4b dated 16 October 1907. Rated rare. Seen in a private collection

Taroom datestamp type 4b dated 16 December 1907. Rated rare. Seen in a private collection

1908

Taroom datestamp type 4b dated 12 July 1908. Rated rare

1911

Taroom datestamps type 4b dated 9 June 1907 and 26 August 1911. Rated rare

Datestamp type 6

1912

Taroom datestamp type 6 dated 14 September 1912. Rated 4R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Taroom datestamp type 6 dated 20 October 1912. Rated 4R. Seen in Smithies

1913

Taroom datestamp type 6 dated 4 September 1913. Rated 4R

Taroom datestamp type 6 dated 1913. Rated 4R. Seen in Smithies

Mungindi

Mungindi post office, 87 km east south east of Dirranbandi. The post office opened on the New South Wales side of the border on 1 September 1865 and the town was transferred to New South Wales administration on 1 April 1867. This post office closed in 1877 

A new Mungindi post office opened on the Queensland side of the border in 1880 and was reduced to a receiving office around 1902. The original NSW date stamp may have continued in use before being replaced by a Queensland date stamp

• Datestamp type 3b (11 July 1885 - 18 February 1902) rated 3R - $18, $35 on cover

Mungindi numeral 52 HERE. Mungindi numeral 327 HERE. Mungindi registered HERE

NSW date stamp 

1880

Mungindi datestamp NSW type C71 dated March 1880. Seen on Ebay

1909

Mungindi New South Wales datestamp dated 18 March 1909. Seen in Phoenix auctions

Unknown year

Mungindi NSW datestamp on a Queensland stamp dated 9 July. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Queensland

Datestamp type 3b

1885

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 11 July 1885. Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay

1897

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 13 February 1897. Rated 3R. Seen in a private collection

1899

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 10 July 1899. Rated 3R. Seen on Stampboards

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 6 September 1899. Rated 3R

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 18 September 1899. Rated 3R. Seen in Smithies

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 30 October 1899. Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay

1900

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 3 October 1900. Rated 3R

1901

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 4 May 1901. Rated 3R. Seen on Ebay

1902

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 8 February 1902. Rated 3R

Mungindi datestamp type 3b dated 18 February 1902. Rated 3R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group