51 - Somerset / Thursday Island

Somerset post office in Far North Queensland in Cape York opened on 1 January 1865 and closed on 31 Decemebr 1877

• Chalon Ray Type 1c (5.5 mm) (18 Rays) is rated 2R

Somerset date stamp 1a HERE

Re Allocation:

Thursday Island post office in the Torres Strait opened on 1 January 1878

• Chalon Ray Type 1c (5.5 mm) (18 Rays) rated 5R
• Sideface Ray Type 1c (5.5 mm) (18 Rays) rated 4R
• Sideface Ray Type 1c (5.5 mm)  (18 Rays) with a red cancel rated 4R

Thursday Island date stamps HERE. Thursday Island numeral 148 HERE. Thursday Island numeral 336 HERE. Thursday Island registered HERE

Grantham railway station, 8 km from Gatton, received its 10 bar railway numeral canceller 2b (7 mm) around 1902. Rated 5R. More information on railway numerals can be found here

Grantham numeral 480 HERE. Grantham date stamps HERE. Grantham registered HERE

Somerset Chalon

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R 

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R. Seen on Stampboards.com

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R. Seen on Ebay

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 120 item no 596

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 141 item no 598

A poor double strike of a Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R. Seen at Premier Postal auction no 108 lot no 1223

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R 

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R. Dated 22 July 1875. Seen at Grosvenor Auctions no 55 lot no 48

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R. Dated 8 September 1874. Seen at Phoenix auction no 62

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R. Seen on Ebay

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R. Seen at Sandafayre auctions

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R. Seen at Phoenix Auction no 26 lot no 712

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R

Somerset Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 2R. Seen in Abacus auction no 134

Thursday Island Chalon

Thursday Island Chalon Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 5R. Dated 8 June 1878 Seen in Informer, June 1986, p. 1

Thursday Island 1st Sideface in Red

Thursday Island Sideface issue, Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 4R with a red cancel. Sold at Phoenix Auctions no 17, December 2012, Lot no. 716

Thursday Island Sideface issue, Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 4R with a red cancel. Seen on Stampboards

Thursday Island Sideface issue, Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 4R with a red cancel

Thursday Island Sideface issue, Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 4R with a red cancel. Seen on Ebay

Thursday Island Sideface issue, Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 4R with a red cancel. Seen in a private collection

Thursday Island Sideface issue, Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 4R with a red cancel. Dated 26 April 1881. Seen on the cover of James W. Turnbull, The postal history and postal markings of Thursday Island

Thursday Island Sideface issue, Ray type 1c (5.5 mm) rated 4R with a red cancel. Dated 19 July 1880. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 132 lot no 234

Grantham 3rd Sideface

Grantham Sideface Barred Numeral 2b (7 mm) rated 5R. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis