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

Sunday, June 15, 2014

333 - Boolboonda / Betts Creek / Pentland

Boolboonda post office, 68 km south west of Bundaberg, opened on 14 February 1882 and was reduced to a receiving office on 18 September 1884. Not tied

Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a is rated NNS

Re allocation:

Betts Creek post office, 100 km south west of Charters Towers, opened on 7 October 1884 and was renamed Pentland on 1 January 1885

Betts Creek Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) is rated 5R
Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) is rated Rare

Betts Creek date stamp type 3c HERE. Betts Creek numeral 222 HERE. Pentland numeral 222 HERE. Pentland date stamps HERE. Pentland registered HERE

Betts Creek - 2nd Sideface

1884

Betts Creek Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated 5R. Dated 18 December 1884. Seen in Manning, p. 128

Pentland - 2nd Sideface

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare

1889

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare. Dated 17 September 1889

Pentland - 3rd Sideface

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare

1895

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare. Dated 9 October 1895. From the collection of Dr Andrew Mortlock

1904

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare. Dated 3 October 1904. Seen in a private collection

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare. Dated 17 October 1904. Seen on Ebay

1905

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare. Dated 10 July 1905. Seen at Torsten Weller auction no 39

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare. Dated 9 October 1905. Seen at Premier Postal auction no 114 lot no 1684

1907

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare. Dated 8 April 1907. Seen in a private collection

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare. Dated 27 May 1907. Seen in a private collection

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare. Dated 3 June 1907. Seen in Phoenix auction no 2192

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare. Dated 15 September 1907. Seen in Manning, p. 128

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare. Dated 25 December 1907

1908

Pentland Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (6.5 mm) rated Rare. Dated 22 April 1908. Seen in a private collection

Friday, April 19, 2013

222- Specimen Gully / Norwood / Betts Creek / Pentland

Specimen Gully, 10 km west of Pentland opened on 1 July 1876. It closed and moved to Norwood, 10 km west south west of Pentland, in late 1881 before closing on 30 November 1884.

Chalon Barred Numeral Type 2a (7 mm) is rated 5R
Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (7 mm) is rated 5R

Norwood date stamp 3b HERE

Norwood was replaced by Betts Creek, 105 km west south west of Charters Towers, before being renamed Pentland on 1 January 1885

Sideface Barred Numeral Type 2a (7 mm) is rated 2R

Betts Creek date stamp type 3c HERE. Betts Creek numeral 333 HERE. Pentland date stamps HERE. Pentland numeral 333 HERE. Pentland registered HERE

Specimen Gully - Chalon