Manuscript cancellations from Receiving Office locations

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
• following a later instruction to write the receiving offices' name on the envelope or postcard near the stamp

This page shows material sent from locations during their receiving office period usually in accordance with the later instruction; namely that the receiving office name be written on the post card / envelope by the sender and then cancelled at the closest post office. 

While there is no way of knowing with certainty if these are receiving office examples, they are shown here as they were sent from a receiving office location in accordance with postal regulations

Receiving Offices in alphabetical order

Bunkers Hill, 8 km from Toowoomba, was a receiving office from 1899 - 1920. Manuscript name dated 17 July 1910 with Westbrook Siding datestamp dated 19 July 1910. Seen in a private collection

Chelona, 14 km south of Mackay, was a receiving office from 1902 - 1927. Manuscript name dated 11 February 1909 with Mackay datestamp dated 12 February 1909. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Coochin Creek, 6.5 km south of Landsborough, was a receiving office from 1888 - 1927. Manuscript name dated Friday (18 August 1911) with Beerwah datestamp dated 19 August 1911. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Flinders, 2 km south of Peak Crossing was reduced to a receiving office on 16 May 1889. 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

Gogango, 13 km from Westwood, was a receiving office from 1899 - 1914. Manuscript name dated 27 August 1808 with Mt Chalmers dated 28 August 1908 and a numeral 308 barred numeral cancel from Rockhampton. Seen on Stampboards

Gogango, 13 km from Westwood, was a receiving office from 1899 - 1914. Manuscript name dated 17 November 1907 with Mt Chalmers dated 18 November 1907 and a numeral 431 barred numeral cancel from Rockhampton. Seen on Stampboards

Gordon Brook, 20 km from Kingaroy. was a receiving office from 1900 to late 1906. Manuscript name dated 24 January 1906 with Kingaroy datestamp dated the same day. Seen on Ebay

Mount Forbes, 24 km south west of Ipswich, was a receiving office from 1897 - 1927. Manuscript name dated 10 August 1909 with Harrisville datestamp of the same date. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Polmaily 6 km south west of Miriam Vale, was a receiving office from 1900 - 1901. Manuscript name dated 13 July 1907 with Miriam Vale datestamp dated 15 July 1907. Although outside the receiving office date period, I have included it here as the Polmaily receiving office was never upgraded to a post office. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Swanfels, 24 km from Warwick, was a receiving office from 1892 - 1910. Manuscript name dated 16 October 1909 with Yangan datestamp dated 18 October 1909. Seen in a private collection

Wolfram, 50 km from Thornborough, opened as a receiving office in 1899 and was elevated to a post office in late 1904. Registered at Wolfram (manuscript notation 4) in accordance with regulations before being again registered at Thornburgh (manuscript notation 181) on 30 July 1903

Wolfram, 50 km from Thornborough, opened as a receiving office in 1899 and was elevated to a post office in late 1904. Registered at Wolfram in accordance with regulations before being again registered at Thornburgh on 20 November 1903. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

Wootha see here