Cooktown

Cooktown post office, 170 km north of Cairns, opened on 1 January 1874

• Registered handstamp on a Chalon - large type rated 5R - $80, $100 on cover
• Registered handstamp on a Chalon in RED - large type rated 5R - $100
• Registered handstamp on a Fiscal - large type rated 5R - $80
• R in oval registered handstamp (Ⓡ) on a Sideface rated 4R - $35, $45 on cover
• Double lined oval registered handstamp in purple rated 5R - $100

Cooktown numeral 178 HERE. Cooktown date stamps HERE

Chalon - registered handstamp

Cooktown registered handstamp on a Chalon rated 5R

1875

Cooktown registered handstamp on a Chalon rated 5R. Dated 16 August 1875. Seen on Ebay

Chalon - registered handstamp in Red

1877

Cooktown registered handstamp in red on a Chalon rated 5R. Dated 27 January 1877. Seen in Millennium auction no 80 lot no 348

Fiscal - registered handstamp

Cooktown registered handstamp on a Fiscal rated 5R. Seen on Ebay

Cooktown registered handstamp on a Fiscal rated 5R. Seen at Premier Postal auction no 53

R in oval registered handstamp - 2nd Sideface

1893

Cooktown R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated 4R. Dated 6 June 1893. Seen in Abacus auction no 234

R in oval registered handstamp - 3rd Sideface

Cooktown R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated 4R

1904

Cooktown R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated 4R. Dated 20 September 1904

1905

Cooktown R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated 4R. Dated 28 January 1905. Seen in a private collection

Double lined oval handstamp in purple - 3rd Sideface

Cooktown double lined oval handstamp on a sideface in purple rated 5R. Dated 18 February 190-. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis