On 1 December 1859 Queensland became a separate colony from New South Wales. Before this date, post offices used New South Wales stamps and date stamps. At the time of separation, 15 post offices existed. They were:
- Brisbane, opened April 1830
- Callandoon, opened 19 January 1850
- Condamine, opened as Tieryboo on 21 May 1856, before closing on 31 July 1856 and moving to Condamine on 1 August 1856
- Dalby opened on 1 August 1854 as Myall Creek and renamed Dalby soon afterwards
- Drayton, opened 1 January 1846 as Darling Downs and renamed Drayton in 1849
- Gayndah, opened 1 January 1850
- Gladstone, opened on 1 July 1854
- Ipswich, opened 2 January 1846
- Maryborough, opened 18 January 1849
- Nanango, opened on 5 January 1852 as Goode's Inn, was renamed Burnett Inn and then Nanango on 1 July 1859
- Rockhampton, opened on 1 April 1856
- Surat, opened on 5 January 1852
- Taroom, opened 1 April 1856
- Toowoomba, opened on 1 January 1858
- Warwick, opened 1 January 1848
Click on a post office name to see examples of date stamps from that post office
Date stamps
While the first stamps of NSW, the Sydney Views, were issued in January 1850, date stamps were issued from 1839 onwards. There were several types
Datestamp type NSW Oval (i)
Oval in shape, enclosed in an oval frame and measuring about 32 x 36 mm. The post office name was at the top, with 'NEW S. WALES' round the foot (all letters serified), with stars at each side; in the centre was the month and day, separated by a star, with a crown above and the year in full beneath. These were issued between 1839 - 1843.
One would have been issued to Brisbane, or possibly named 'Morton Bay', but no example has yet been recorded
Datestamp type NSW Oval (ii)
Oval in shape, but without an oval frame, and measuring 31 x 24 mm. The post office name was at the top, with 'NEW S. WALES' round the foot (all letters serified), with stars at each side; in the centre was the month and day, separated by a star, with a crown above and the year in full beneath (White type C67). These were issued between 1843 - 1848.
Known for Brisbane, Ipswich and Warwick. Drayton post office should have been issued one as well but no example has yet been recorded
Datestamp type NSW Oval (iii)
Oval in shape, but without an oval frame, and measuring 31 x 24 mm. The post office name was at the top, with 'NEW S. WALES' round the foot (all letters san-serif), with stars at each side; in the centre was the month and day, separated by a star, with a crown above and the year in full beneath (White type C68). These were issued between 1849 - 1852.
Known for Brisbane, Callandoon, Drayton, Gayndah and Maryborough. Possibly Goode's Inn and Surat post offices should have been issued one as well but no examples have yet been recorded
Datestamp type NSW 1
An unframed circle measuring 29 to 30 mm in diameter. The post office name was at the top, with 'N.S.W.' round the foot (all letters san-serif), with stars at each side; in the centre was the month and day, separated by a star, with an ornamentation (usually a wavy line) above and the year in full beneath (White type C69, Tobin type 1). These were issued between 1852 - 1857.
Known for Brisbane, Dalby, Drayton, Gayndah, Gladstone, Goode's Inn, Ipswich, Taroom and Warwick. Condamine, Myall Creek, Tierryboo and possibly Surat should have been issued one as well but no examples have yet been recorded for these post offices.
Datestamp type NSW 1A
An unframed circle measuring 21 to 21.5 mm in diameter. The post office name was at the top, with 'N.S.W.' round the foot (all letters san-serif), with two curved bars at each side; in the centre was the date in two lines, month and day at the top and the year in full beneath (White type C71, Tobin type 1a). They differ from NSW type 1 in that here are no asterisks or ornamentations. These were issued between mid-1856 - 1860.
All 15 post offices should have received this type but an example for the Surat post office has yet to be recorded
No comments:
Post a Comment