Thornborough / Thornsborough

Thornborough post office, 45 km west of Mareeba opened on 14 June 1876 as Thornsborough. It appears that the variant name was due to a spelling error when the post office was gazetted in the Queensland Government Gazette. The mistake was officially corrected in November 1885 when the post office was renamed Thornborough, however the existing Thornsborough registered handstamp continued to be used

• Registered handstamp on a Sideface - large type rated 2R

Thornborough numeral 209 HERE. Thornborough date stamp 3a HERE

Registered handstamp - 3rd Sideface

Thornborough Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R

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

Thornborough Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Dated 7 May 1900. Seen at Premier Postal auction no 103

Thornborough Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Dated 16 October 1903. Seen on Ebay

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

Thornborough Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Dated 9 September 1904. Seen at Grosvenor auction no 55

Thornborough Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Dated 17 November 1902. Courtesy of Dr Andrew Mortlock


Thornborough Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Dated 7 October 1903. Seen at Abacus auction no 234

Thornborough Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Dated 23 September 1904. Seen on Facebook

Thornborough Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Dated 12 October 1906. Seen in Abacus online auction no 6 lot no 527

Thornborough Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Dated 17 September 1903. Seen in Abacus online auction no 6 lot no 527

Thornborough Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Dated 30 July 1903

Thornborough Registered Handstamp on a Sideface rated 2R. Dated 20 November 1903. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis