Queensland Catalog of Numeral Cancellations on Postage Stamps by Dr Jeremy Hodes: 643

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

643 - Fortitude Valley / Cape York

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

Re allocation:

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. This replacement canceller is known used in July 1910

Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm) is rated 5R

Cape York date stamp type 5b HERE

Tied numerals to either Cape York or Fortitude Valley are rated 5R. Numerals not tied are rated 3R

Fortitude Valley - 3rd Sideface
Fortitude Valley Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm) rated 5R. Tied to Fortitude Valley by the commercial perfin "TCB / & Co". T C Beirne & Co were milliners & drapers in Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1907

Fortitude Valley Sideface Barred Numeral type 2a (6.5 mm) rated 5R. Dated 10 September 1907. Seen in Manning, p. 218

Fortitude Valley / Cape York - 3rd Sideface