Charters Towers

Charters Towers post office, 108 km south west of Townsville, opened on 17 May 1872

• Registered handstamp on a Large Chalon - large type rated 3R
• Registered handstamp on a Sideface - large type rated 3R
• Registered handstamp on a Sideface in Red - large type rated 3R
• R in oval registered handstamp (Ⓡ) on a Sideface rated Rare
• Registered datestamp (unframed datestamp 24 cm in diameter) on a Large Chalon rated 3R. Dated 21 November 1901 - 10 August 1905
• Registered datestamp (unframed datestamp 24 mm in diameter) on a Sideface rated Rare. Dates seen are 17 May 1899 - 31 January 1910
• Registered Label in red on a Commonwealth issue rated 3R
• Double lined oval registered handstamp in blue rated 3R

The Registered datestamp (unframed datestamp 24 cm in diameter) has three lines, the first being the date, the second being the time and the third being the year in two digits. From late 1901 to around 1908 the time portion is missing from the middle line and then from around 1909 onwards it is missing from the top line

Fakes - Registered datestamp on Fiscals are fake. I show examples at the bottom of this page

Charters Towers numeral 165 HERE. Charters Towers numeral 568 HERE. Charters Towers date stamps HERE

Registered handstamp - Large Chalon

Charters Towers registered handstamp on a Large Chalon rated 3R. From the Francis Kiddle collection

Registered handstamp - 1st Sideface

1883

Charters Towers registered handstamp on a Sideface rated 3R. Dated 18 August 1883. Seen at Spinks auction no 12043 lot no 1203

Registered handstamp in Red - 1st Sideface
1882

Charters Towers registered handstamp in red on a Sideface rated 3R. Dated 22 March 1882. Seen at Abacus auction no 252 lot no 142

R in oval registered handstamp - 3rd Sideface

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 25 August and rated Rare

1898

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 13 April 1898. Seen on Ebay

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated September 1898. Seen in a private collection

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 5 November 1898. Seen in Smithies

1899

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 24 January 1899

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 22 September 1899 and rated Rare

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 25 September 1899 and rated Rare

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 18 December 1899 and rated Rare. Seen in Smithies

1900

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 10 February 1900 and rated Rare. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 26 February 1900 and rated Rare

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 7 March 1900 and rated Rare. Seen in Millennium auction no 80 lot no 508

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 24 December 1900 and rated Rare. Seen in an auction catalogue

1901

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 15 March 1901 and rated Rare. Seen in a private collection

1904

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 17 October 1904 and rated Rare. As well there is a registered handstamp in purple that I have not seen before. Seen in Abacus auction no 234

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 17 October 1904 and rated Rare. Seen on Ebay

1905

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 20 May 1905 and rated Rare

Registered date stamp - Large Chalon

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Large Chalon rated 3R

1901

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Large Chalon rated 3R. Dated 21 November 1901. Seen on Ebay

1903

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Large Chalon rated 3R. Dated 25 June 1903. Seen on Ebay

1905

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Large Chalon rated 3R. Dated 10 August 1905

Registered date stamp - 2nd Sideface

1899

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 17 May 1899

Registered date stamp - 3rd Sideface (See also examples under the R in oval registered handstamp section)

1899

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 21 December 1899

1901

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 25 November 1901

1907

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 4 November 1907. Courtesy of Dave Elsmore

1909



Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 27 May 1909. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated November 1909. Seen in the Queensland Facebook group

1910

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 31 January 1910. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Registered Label in Red - Commonwealth

1913

Charters Towers Registered Label rated 3R. Dated 25 August 1913. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 147

Double lined oval handstamp in blue - 2nd Sideface

1893

Charters Towers double lined oval handstamp in blue rated 3R. Dated March 1893

Charters Towers double lined oval handstamp in blue rated 3R. Dated  19 December 1893

FISCAL FAKES
These are all on fiscals and dated April 28 1878. Far too early as the earliest known genuine date is 1899