Cape York post office, a telegraph station 220 km north east of Weipa, opened as a receiving office around 1897 and was elevated to a post office in about 1902
- Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm) is rated 2R
Cape York date stamp type 5b HERE
Re allocation:
Fortitude Valley post office, 1.5 km north east of the Brisbane general post office, re-opened on 20 August 1877 and this replacement canceller is known used in 1907
- Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm) is rated 5R
Fortitude Valley numeral 258 HERE. Fortitude Valley date stamps HERE. Fortitude valley registered HERE
Fortitude Valley / Cape York 3rd Sideface
Fortitude Valley / Cape York Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm) rated 2R. Seen at Premier Postal auction no 118
Fortitude Valley / Cape York Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm). Seen in a private collection
Fortitude Valley / Cape York Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm)
Fortitude Valley / Cape York Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm). Seen at Premier Postal auction no 130 lot no 1891
Fortitude Valley / Cape York Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm). Seen on Ebay
Fortitude Valley / Cape York Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm)
Fortitude Valley / Cape York Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm). Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis
Fortitude Valley 3rd Sideface
Fortitude Valley Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm) rated 5R. Dated 10 September 1907. Seen in Manning, p. 218
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