Sunday 9 October 2016

Cardwell

Cardwell post office, 40 km south of Tully, opened on 10 July 1864
  • Chalon registered postage stamp - rated 3R
  • Registered Handstamp on a Sideface - small type rated 2R
  • Registered Handstamp on a Commonwealth issue - small type rated 3R
  • Registered Label in black on a Sideface rated 3R
  • Registered Label in red on a Sideface rated 3R
Cardwell numeral 47 HERE. Cardwell date stamps HERE

Chalon registered postage stamp
Cardwell Chalon registered postage stamp (numeral 47) rated 3R

Cardwell Chalon registered postage stamp (numeral 47) rated 3R

Cardwell Chalon registered postage stamp (numeral 47) rated 3R. Seen on Ebay

Registered Handstamp on a 2nd Sideface

Cardwell Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R

Registered Handstamp on a 3rd Sideface

Cardwell Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Seen on Ebay

Registered Handstamp on a Commonwealth issue
Cardwell Registered Handstamp on a Commonwealth issue rated 3R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Registered Labels
Cardwell Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R and a Registered Label in black rated 3R. Dated 4 August 1910. Ex Ron Butler. The registered handstamp is indistinct and under the registered label, indicating that the label was affixed after the handstamp

Cardwell Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R and a Registered Label in red rated 3R. Dated 2 November 1911. Ex Ron Butler. The dates of the red and black registered handstamp examples shown here for this post office indicated that the black label was used first

Cardwell Registered Label in red rated 3R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 179 lot no 1297

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