Mail sent to Queensland Receiving Offices

This page lists known examples of mail being sent to Queensland Receiving Offices

Postcard sent from Brisbane to Linville Receiving Office on 12 April 1906. Received in Moore on 14 April 1906 and then presumably delivered to Linville. Linville, 30 km north north west of Toogoolawah, was a Receiving Office from 1898 to January 1910, when it was elevated to a post office. From 1905 onwards the receiving office keeper was E. Wells, a storekeeper. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Postcard sent from Berlin to Fassifern Receiving Office on 1 June 1913. Fassifern, 11 km west of Boonah, was a Receiving Office from 1897 - 1927. From 1911 the receiving office keeper was Hermann Schultz a dairy farmer. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Postcard sent from Pittsworth to Traveston, 18 km from Cooroy, on the North Coast Line in December 1907 (date stamp Pittsworth type 3c dated DE 20 07 rated common). The receiving office opened in the Traveston Railway Station in 1892 and remained an RO until 1916/17 when it was elevated to a post office

Postcard from Purga in the Ipswich district, date stamped Ipswich 23 August 1907 and sent to Armstrong Creek near  Moreton Bay. Both Purga and Armstrong Creek were receiving offices at the time. It has a Missent handstamp, the line is 40 mm long and the letters 10 mm high. The post office where the handstamp was applied is not known. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Postcard from Peak Mount (probably posted from the Flinders receiving office) in the Ipswich district, date stamped Ipswich 28 April 1907 and sent to Armstrong Creek near  Moreton Bay. It has a Missent handstamp, applied at an unknown post office. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Postcard from Laidley Creek, date stamped Laidley 28 May 1909 and sent to Kunloon near  Nanango. Both Laidley Creek West and Kunloon were receiving offices at this time. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Postcard from Bundaberg, date stamped 13 November 1909 and sent to Toorong (date stamped 15 November 1909) where it was redirected to Gooroolba. Gooroolba was a receiving office at this time