Fortitude Valley

Fortitude Valley post office, 1.5 km north east of the Brisbane general post office, opened on 1 February 1864 but due to lack of business it closed in the following year. It re-opened on 20 August 1877

• Registered handstamp on a Sideface - large type rated Common - $7, $10 on cover
• Registered Label in black on a Sideface rated 5R. Name on label: "FORT. VALLEY" - $90 on cover
• Double lined oval registered handstamp in blue (1906) rated 5R - $100

Fortitude Valley numeral 258 HERE. Fortitude Valley numeral 643 HERE. Fortitude valley date stamps HERE

Registered Handstamp - 2nd Sideface

1896

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common. Dated 5 June 1896. Seen at Spinks auction no 12043 lot no 1297

Registered Handstamp - 3rd Sideface

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common. Seen in a private collection

1900

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common. Dated 16 February 1900 

Fortitude Valley registered item without a Registered Handstamp on a Sideface. Rated common. Dated 23 November 1900. Seen on Stampboards

1901

Fortitude Valley registered item without a Registered Handstamp on a Sideface. Rated common. Dated 23 February 1901. Seen in Abacus online auction no 6 lot no 527

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common. Dated 20 March 1901. Seen on Stampboards

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common. Dated 21 March 1901. Seen in Abacus auction no 261 lot no 274

Fortitude Valley registered item without a Registered Handstamp on a Sideface. Rated common. Dated 21 December 1901. Seen in a private collection

1903

Fortitude Valley registered item without a Registered Handstamp on a Sideface. Rated common. Dated 14 August 1903

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common. Dated 16 November 1903. Seen in a private collection

1904

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common. Dated 21 October 1904. Seen on Ebay

1907

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common. Dated 10 April 1907. Seen in a private collection

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common. Dated 10 September 1907. Seen on Ebay

Registered Label in Black - 3rd Sideface

1908

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common and a Registered Label in black rated 5R. Dated 21 November 1908. Seen at Spinks auction no 12043 lot no 12369. Ex Rigo de Righi and Griffiths. This is one of the earliest recorded use of a registration label in Queensland and is illustrated in Campbell's Queensland Postal History p. 81

1910

Fortitude Valley Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated common and a Registered Label in black rated 5R. Dated 24 October 1910. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 157

Double lined oval registered handstamp

1908

Fortitude Valley double lined oval handstamp in blue on a Sideface rated 5R. Dated 9 November 1906. Seen in the collection of Tony Griffin