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Return To Catalogue - Queensland 1860 issue - Queensland 1879 onwards - Australia - Railway stamps
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(6 p) yellow
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| (6) p | *** | *** | |
Reprints exist of this stamp (are the ones with "SPECIMEN" overprint reprints as well?).
Forgeries exist, example:
This forgery was made by the same forger who made many of the
forgeries of the postage stamps of Queensland. The corners are
different from the genuine stamps.
Some stamps were perforated 'O.S.' to serve as official stamps from 1905 onwards. This perfin exists in two types. Examples:
('QL' in the center of three ellipses)
('QL' in an ellipse constisting of small lines)
More information about cancels of Queensland can be found at: http://www.boomspeed.com/stampmad/main_page.htm.
(barred oval 'BNG' cancel of New Guinea)
1 p blue 6 p lilac 1 Sh blue 2 Sh brown 2 Sh 6 p orange 5 Sh yellow 6 Sh brown 10 Sh green 20 Sh red
1 p lilac 6 p lilac 6 p brown 1 Sh green 2 Sh blue 2 Sh 6 p orange 5 Sh orange 10 Sh brown 20 Sh red
These stamps in the same design were occasionally used as postage stamps in 1880.
1 p violet
3 p lilac (2 types '3' and 'THREE') 6 p green 1 Sh blue 1 Sh brown 2 Sh orange 2 Sh 6 p brown 3 Sh grey 5 Sh red 10 Sh brown 1 Pound green 5 Pounds black
1 p lilac
The following values exist: 1 p violet, 2 p red, 3 p green, 6 p red, 1 Sh blue, 2 Sh yellow, 2 Sh 6 p brown, 3 Sh green, 5 Sh red, 10 Sh brown and 20 Sh green.
(reduced size)
I have also seen a 6 p blue in the same design, many more values exist, ranging from 3 p to 500 Pounds. Cancelled remainders exist.
Similar stamps with the image of King Edward VIII and King George V exist, example:
(Reduced size)
Stamps similar to the 'Stamp Duty' issue with King Edward VII, but the inscription changed to "ADHESIVE' DUTY", example:
('ADHESIVE', reduced size)
The following values exist in this design: 1 p lilac, 2 p red, 3 p green, 4 grey, 6 p red, 8 p lilac, 1 Sh blue, 2 Sh yellow, 2 Sh 6 p brown, 3 Sh green, 3 Sh blue, 5 Sh red, 10 Sh brown, 20 Sh green and 5 Pounds lilac.
Other Adhesive Duty stamps
(Beer duty stamp of 1885, portrait of Queen Victoria in the
center)
(Crown in the center, I have also seen the value 6 Sh 6 p lilac)
Queensland Excise Beer Duty, 6 p orange, I've also seen a 2 Sh
yellow in the same design
A 'Producers Association' fiscal stamp of 1924:
(Reduced size)
1941: 10 Sh brown and 1 Pound red
More information concerning these stamps can be found in 'British Commonwealth Revenues' by J.Barefoot.
Examples of Queensland Railway stamps
3 p red
(Issued 1910, 9 p green)
Besides the 9 p green, I have also seen the following values in the same design: 6 p blue and 1 Sh yellow (all cancelled with blue pen strikes).
I have also seen a 1 p orange stamp in a slightly different design; the text "CITY & SUBURBAN PARCEL DELIVERY BRYCE LD" has been replaced by "BRYCE LIMITED" (I've been told that this stamp was issued in 1950).
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