Queensland Catalog of Receiving Office Manuscripts on Postage Stamps by Dr Jeremy Hodes: Gordon Lane / Gordons Lane

Sunday, 20 September 2015

Gordon Lane / Gordons Lane

Gordon Lane / Gordons Lane receiving office 3 km north of Mount Morgan. It opened in 1900 and was renamed Walterhall around 1911. Receiving office keeper in 1900 was Mrs A. Hill, a storekeeper and from 1901 onwards it was James Hill.

Manuscript cancellation seen 1901 - 1907 rated Rare

3rd Sideface

1906

Gordons Lane manuscript cancellation with a Mount Morgan datestamp cancellation dated 10 December 1906 and rated Rare. Seen at Phoenix Auction no 41 lot no 1148

1907

A different type of Gordons Lane manuscript cancellation dated what appears to be 19 December 1906 and 19 April 1907 and rated Rare. Seen in the collection of Nigel Dickinson

Unknown year

Gordon Lane manuscript cancellation rated Rare. Seen at Premier Postal auction no 126 lot no 1390

Gordons Lane manuscript cancellation rated Rare. Seen at Premier Postal auction no 126 lot no 1390

Gordons Lane manuscript cancellation rated Rare. Seen at Phoenix Auction no 41 lot no 1124

Gordons Lane manuscript cancellation with an indistinct datestamp cancellation and rated Rare. Seen at Phoenix Auction no 41 lot no 1125

Gordon Lane manuscript cancellation with a Mount Morgan datestamp and rated Rare. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 179 lot no 1299. Ex Alan Griffiths

Gordon Lane manuscript cancellation rated Rare. Seen in Phoenix auction no 67. Ex Smithies

Gordon Lane manuscript cancellation rated Rare. Seen in Smithies

Gordon Lane manuscript cancellation rated Rare. Seen on Ebay

A different type of Gordon Lane manuscript cancellation rated Rare. Seen in the collection of Tony Griffin

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A blog listing the different Queensland receiving office manuscript cancellations found on Queensland (Chalon, Sideface and Commonwealth) postage stamps. To find the receiving office you are looking for select from the alphabetical tabs above or the labels below

While hundreds of receiving offices existed for various lengths of time, almost all did not use distinctly recognisable markings. Most receiving offices followed the instructions of either not cancelling the stamp but letting the first "Official" Post Office that the mail arrived at do this, or they followed a later instruction to write the receiving offices' name on the envelope or postcard near the stamp. To see this you would need the envelope or postcard.

However, if the letter was a "local" mail, that is used in the same town / area, then this did have to be cancelled. This is where most of the crosses, names and initials come from. Occasionally these markings were also applied to mail destined for other areas.

All identifiable manuscript cancellations are therefore extremely scarce and hard to find, with the possible exceptions of Cania, Mt Larcom, Parson's Point and San Jose.

The rarity rating, given this caveat, is Scarce, for the most commonly found cancels, Rare, and then Very Rare where only 1 or two examples have been seen by me. All covers and postcards (with the possible exception of Parson's Point) are extremely rare and desirable.

Information about the receiving offices comes from Joan Frew: Queensland Post Offices 1842-1980 and Receiving Offices 1869-1927, published in 1981

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