Queensland Catalog of Receiving Office Manuscripts on Postage Stamps by Dr Jeremy Hodes: Toonda

Tuesday 29 September 2015

Toonda

Toonda receiving office, on the Ulam Goldfield, 10 km north west of Raglan and 7 km north of San Jose. It opened in September 1902 and closed about May 1906. The receiving office keeper in 1902 was A, Wood of the Welcome Home Hotel; 1903 Mrs Julia Tynan and 1904 Lewis Rattenbury of the Welcome Home Hotel

Manuscript cancellation seen 1903 - 1904 rated Very Rare

Toonda manuscript cancellation dated 20 January 1903 and rated Very Rare. Seen at Phoenix Auction no 41

Toonda manuscript cancellation dated 11 January 1903 and rated Very Rare. Seen at Phoenix Auction no 8 lot no 922

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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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Tuesday 29 September 2015

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