Charters Towers

Charters Towers post office, 108 km south west of Townsville, opened on 17 May 1872

• Registered handstamp on a Large Chalon - large type rated 3R
• Registered handstamp on a Sideface - large type rated 3R
• Registered handstamp on a Sideface in Red - large type rated 3R
• R in oval registered handstamp (Ⓡ) on a Sideface rated Rare
• Registered datestamp (unframed datestamp 24 cm in diameter) on a Large Chalon rated 3R. Dated 21 November 1901 - 10 August 1905
• Registered datestamp (unframed datestamp 24 mm in diameter) on a Sideface rated Rare. Dates seen are 17 May 1899 - 31 January 1910. The time is missing from around 1901 onwards
• Registered Label in red on a Commonwealth issue rated 3R
• Double lined oval registered handstamp in blue rated 3R

The Registered datestamp (unframed datestamp 24 cm in diameter) has three lines, the first being the date, the second being the time and the third being the year in two digits. Examples are known with the time portion missing

Registered datestamp on Fiscals are fake. I have examples at the bottom of this page

Charters Towers numeral 165 HERE. Charters Towers numeral 568 HERE. Charters Towers date stamps HERE

Registered handstamp - Large Chalon

Charters Towers registered handstamp on a Large Chalon rated 3R. From the Francis Kiddle collection

Registered handstamp - 1st Sideface

Charters Towers registered handstamp on a Sideface rated 3R. Dated 18 August 1883. Seen at Spinks auction no 12043 lot no 1203

Registered handstamp in Red - 1st Sideface

Charters Towers registered handstamp in red on a Sideface rated 3R. Dated 22 March 1882. Seen at Abacus auction no 252 lot no 142

R in oval registered handstamp - 3rd Sideface

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 24 January 1899

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 25 August and rated Rare

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 22 September 1899 and rated Rare

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 25 September 1899 and rated Rare

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 26 February 1900 and rated Rare

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 7 March 1900 and rated Rare. Seen in Millennium auction no 80 lot no 508

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 18 December 1899 and rated Rare. Seen in Smithies

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 10 February 1900 and rated Rare. Seen in the Queensland Facebook group

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated September 1898. Seen in a private collection

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 5 November 1898. Seen in Smithies

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 15 March 1901 and rated Rare. Seen in a private collection

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 17 October 1904 and rated Rare. As well there is a registered handstamp in purple that I have not seen before. Seen in Abacus auction no 234

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 20 May 1905 and rated Rare

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 24 December 1900 and rated Rare. Seen in an auction catalogue

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare with a Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface dated 17 October 1904 and rated Rare. Seen on Ebay

Charters Towers R in oval registered handstamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 13 April 1898. Seen on Ebay

Registered date stamp - Large Chalon

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Large Chalon rated 3R. Dated 10 August 1905

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Large Chalon rated 3R. Dated 21 November 1901. Seen on Ebay

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Large Chalon rated 3R

Registered date stamp - 2nd Sideface

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 17 May 1899

Registered date stamp - 3rd Sideface

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 21 December 1899

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 25 November 1901

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 27 May 1909. Seen in the Queensland Facebook group

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated 31 January 1910. Seen in the Queensland Facebook group

Charters Towers registered datestamp on a Sideface rated Rare. Dated November 1909. Seen in the Queensland Facebook group

Registered Label in Red - Commonwealth

Charters Towers Registered Label rated 3R. Dated 25 August 1913. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 147

Double lined oval handstamp in blue - 2nd Sideface

Charters Towers double lined oval handstamp in blue rated 3R. Dated  19 December 1893

Charters Towers double lined oval handstamp in blue rated 3R. Dated March 1893

FISCAL FAKES
These are all on fiscals and dated April 28 1878. Far too early as the earliest known genuine date is 1899