Sunday 20 November 2016

Croydon

Croydon post office, 160 km south east of Normanton, opened on 20 March 1886
  • Registered handstamp on a Sideface - large type rated 2R
  • R in oval registered handstamp () on a Sideface rated Rare
It would appear that the registered handstamp was lost or misplaced sometime in the late 1890s as only one example has been seen on a 3rd Sideface issue. All registered covers seen by me so far only show the  handstamp

Croydon numeral 206 HERE. Croydon date stamps HERE


Croydon Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Seen in a private collection


Croydon Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Seen in Smithies


Croydon Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Seen in the Facebook Queensland Group


Croydon Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Seen in the Facebook Queensland Group 


Croydon Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R

Croydon Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R

Croydon R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare

Croydon R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated August 1900

Croydon R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 12 January 1901

Croydon R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 12 October 1904

Croydon R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 7 October 1904

Croydon R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 29 July 1902. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 129

Croydon R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 15 June 190-. Seen in Smithies

Croydon R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 27 September 1904. Seen on Ebay

Croydon R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 1904. Seen at Premier Postal auction no 127 lot no 1091

Croydon R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Seen on Ebay

Croydon R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 4 August 1908. Seen on Ebay

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