1895 (July 23) cover to France with five good to fine strikes of the framed 'PINE CREEK/JY23/95/SA' cds on 1d green x6, very fine curved 'REGISTERED/No ("924") h/s below, transit b/s of 'SINGAPORE' & French 'LIGNE N/PAQ FR No5' and Paris arrival b/s & '4/20' delivery h/s, somewhat aged/soiled. [Goldmining]
Pine Creek-Katherine Railway: '[....] CK.KATHERINE RLY/22NO15/[NT]' largely very fine strike on KGV 4d yellow-orange. Rated RRRRR: the only recorded example. PO 27.8.1915; closed 30.5.1917. [The very existence of this TPO was unknown until this item was discovered in 2007, when it was sold for $1350]
Quorn-Alice Springs TPO: 'QUORN STUART/12AU30/TPO' (after the change of name) superb strike on KGV ½d orange & 1½d red. Rated RRRRR: the only recorded example.
The Quorn-Oodnadatta TPO opened 12.1.1928 - no marking recorded - & was renamed Quorn-Stuart TPO 8.8.1929. Alice Springs TO opened 22.8.1872 & became a PO 1.1.1878. However, the town name was Stuart, until it was officially changed only on 26.1.1932. 'QUORN STUART' was probably an error because the town was always called Alice Springs & that would explain why the TPO was renamed well before the official name change. To further complicate matters, there was a Stuart TO at the old Telegraph Station from 21.7.1907 until 26.1.1932, when it closed & a new post & telegraph office building was opened at the Alice.
Quorn-Alice Springs TPO: 'QUORN-ALICE SPRINGS/29MY34/T.P.O.' superb strike on KGV 2d. Rated RRR. From Quorn-Stuart TPO 25/7/1930; to Central Australian Rail TPO 11/3/1957. Ex John Forrest.
