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

Wednesday 30 September 2015

Yarwun

Yarwun receiving office, 15 km west of Gladstone. The Receiving Office opened in 1901 and closed about June 1903. The railway opened in December 1903 and the receiving office reopened at the station in March 1905. It was elevated to a post office by July 1905, reduced to a receiving office in 1910 then elevated to a post office again in 1913. The receiving office keeper in 1901 was P. Robinson

Manuscript cancellation seen 1901 - 1904 rated Rare

Yarwun manuscript cancel x two, both with a Yarwun railway numeral 657 cancellation and rated Rare. Seen on Stampboards

Yarwun manuscript cancel dated 26 October 1904 with a TPO No 3 datestamp and rated Rare. Seen at Phoenix Auction no 41

Yarwun manuscript cancel dated 29 January 1903 and rated Rare. Seen at Phoenix Auction no 8 lot no 922

Yarwun manuscript cancel and rated Rare. Seen at Phoenix Auction no 41 lot no 1148

Yarwun manuscript cancel dated 29 October 1904 with an indistinct datestamp and rated Rare. Seen at Phoenix Auction no 41 lot no 1148

Yarwun manuscript cancel dated 2 June 1903 and rated Rare. Seen at Phoenix Auction no 67

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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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