21 - Westwood / Adavale

Westwood post office, 45 km south west of Rockhampton, opened on 1 April 1861

• Chalon Ray Type 1a (6 mm) (34 Rays) is rated 4R

Westwood date stamps HERE. Westwood numeral 89 HERE. Westwood registered HERE

Re Allocation:

Adavale post office, 170 km north west of Charleville, opened on 1 January 1881

• Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) (34 rays) is rated Common

Adavale registered HERE. Adavale datestamps HERE. Adavale manuscript HERE

Westwood - Chalon

Westwood Chalon Ray Type 1a (6 mm) (34 Rays) rated 4R. Seen in a private collection

Westwood Chalon Ray Type 1a (6 mm) (34 Rays) rated 4R. Seen in a private collection

Adavale - 2nd Sideface

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common

1885

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Dated 15 January 1885. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Adavale - 3rd Sideface

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Seen on Ebay

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Seen at Premier Postal auction no 94 lot no 1198

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Seen on Ebay

1898

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Dated 3 January 1898

1903

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Dated 16 October 1903

1904

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Dated 7 April 1904. Seen on Ebay

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Dated 11 September 1904. Seen on Ebay

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Dated 19 September 1904. Seen at Premier Postal auction no 116 lot no 1373

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Dated 1 October 1904. Seen at Abacus auction no 236

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Dated 19 October 1904. Seen in a private collection

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Dated 28 November 1904. Seen on Ebay

Adavale Sideface Ray Type 1a (6 mm) rated Common. Dated 1 December 1904

Forgery
A forgery is known of this numeral on a high value chalon. It consists of 16 rays rather than 34 and is a different type. It more closely resembles the Toowoomba 214 with the 4 missing. However that numeral has 18 rays.

Seen at Millennium Philatelic auctions no 56 lot no 350

89 - Ridgelands / Westwood

Ridgelands post office, 27 km west north west of Rockhampton, opened on 26 November 1867 and closed on 30 June 1871 (not tied)

• Chalon Ray type 1e (6 mm) (24 rays) is rated 5R

Re Allocation

Westwood post office, 45 km south west of Rockhampton, opened on 1 April 1861 but the obliterator was reallocated at least 10 years after the post office opened

• Chalon Ray type 1e (6 mm) (24 rays) is rated 3R
• Sideface Ray type 1e (6 mm) (24 Rays) is rated Rare
• Violet Cancel is rated 5R

Westwood numeral 21 HERE. Westwood date stamps HERE. Westwood registered HERE

Westwood Chalon

Westwood Chalon Ray type 1e (6 mm) rated 3R

Westwood Chalon Ray type 1e (6 mm) rated 3R. Seen at Premier Postal auctions no 109 lot no 1241

Westwood Chalon Ray type 1e (6 mm) rated 3R. Copy seen at torstenweller.com World Wide Postal History

Westwood Chalon Ray type 1e (6 mm) rated 3R

Westwood Chalon Ray type 1e (6 mm) rated 3R. Seen at Phoenix auction no 40

Westwood Chalon Ray type 1e (6 mm) rated 3R

Westwood Chalon Ray type 1e (6 mm) rated 3R. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

Westwood 2nd Sideface

Westwood Sideface Ray type 1e (6 mm) rated Rare. Seen on Ebay

Westwood Sideface Ray type 1e (6 mm) rated Rare. Dated 14 June 1888. Seen at Abacus auction no 234

Westwood 3rd Sideface

Westwood Sideface Ray type 1e (6 mm) rated Rare

Westwood Sideface Ray type 1e (6 mm) rated Rare. Seen in Smithies

Westwood Sideface Ray type 1e (6 mm) rated Rare. Dated 7 August 1907. Seen in Smithies

Forgery

A forgery of what is intended to be an 89. The numerals are 5 mm instead of 6 mm and there are 23 rays instead of 24

Seen on Ebay

Seen on Ebay

Seen on Ebay