Rainworth

Rainworth Post office, 75 km south of Emerald, opened in January 1863 and closed at the end of that year

• Manuscript cancellation seen in 1863 rated Very Rare

Rainworth numeral 28 HERE. Rainworth date stamp 1a HERE

Rainworth manuscript cancellation rated Very Rare. Dated 17 February 1863. Seen in a private collection. The post office was in existence at this time and it is possible the official datestamp canceller had not yet been received

Rockhampton

Rockhampton Post Office, 100 km north west of Gladstone. It opened on 1 April 1858

• Manuscript cancellation seen in 1860 rated Very Rare

Rockhampton 102 HERE. Rockhampton 201 HERE. Rockhampton 201 duplex HERE  Rockhampton 201 on NSW stamps HERE. Rockhampton 201 roller cancel HERE. Rockhampton 308 HERE. Rockhampton 391 HERE. Rockhampton 431 HERE. Rockhampton 447 HERE. Rockhampton 448 HERE. Rockhampton duplex 473 HERE. Rockhampton duplex 509 HERE. Rockhampton duplex 514 HERE. Rockhampton duplex 583 HERE. Rockhampton registered HERE. Rockhampton date stamps HERE. Rockhampton instructional markings HERE

Rockhampton manuscript cancellation and a Rockhampton datestamp dated 9 November 1860. It is not known why this cover was cancelled with a single wavy-line pen stroke, as the Rockhampton 201 ray type numeral has been seen on stamps prior to this date. Rated Very Rare. Seen at Spink Auction 12043 lot no 1143. Ex Griffiths

Springfield

Springfield, Brisbane district. It is not known which receiving office in the Brisbane area was responsible for this item

• Manuscript cancellation seen in 1868 rated Very Rare

Manuscript cancellation dated 29 December 1868. An entire letter from Springfield, Brisbane "via Southampton" to Scotland and redirected to Edinburgh, bearing 6d. yellow-green and "registered" (6d.) orange-yellow cancelled with manuscript pen stroke and faint "gpo" in barred roller and with faint Brisbane Registered oval datestamp in red  and rated Very Rare. Seen at Spink Auction 14015 lot no 2311

Roxborough / Roxborough Downs

Roxborough receiving office, on the Georgina River 120 km from Urandangie. It opened in 1879 and closed in 1890. The receiving office keeper was James Craigie, manager of  the Roxborough Downs station

• Manuscript cancellation seen 1880 rated Very Rare

Roxborough cancellation dated 19 January 1880 with a Cork datestamp cancellation with an indistinct date and a barred numeral 219 cancellation and rated Very Rare. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 93 lot no 558

Mitchell Downs

Mitchell Downs post office 85 km west of Roma. It opened in 1865.

• Manuscript cancellation seen 1866 rated Very Rare

Mitchell Downs manuscript cancellation dated 21 April 1866 and rated Very Rare. Seen on Stampboards

Mitchell Downs manuscript cancellation dated 10 March 1866 and rated Very Rare. Seen at Tasmanian Stamp auctions

Beenleigh

Beenleigh Post office, 33 km south east of Brisbane, opened on 1 August 1867. From the cover shown below, the ray cancel numeral 95 allocated to Beenleigh as well as the date stamp canceller had not yet been received by 12 August thus necessitating a manuscript cancel.

• Manuscript cancellation seen in 1867 rated Very Rare

Beenleigh numeral 95 HERE. Beenleigh registered HERE. Beenleigh date stamps HERE

Beenleigh manuscript cancellation dated 12 August 1867 and rated Very Rare. Seen at Spink auctions no 12043 lot no 1419, ex T.V. Roberts and Alan Griffiths

Beenleigh manuscript cancellation and rated Very Rare. Seen in a private collection. Ex Slade