2 Dead Letter Office Datestamp

Dead Letter Office Page

Type 2 An unframed circle 18 mm in diameter with 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE' round the top 'QUEENSLAND' round the foot and short vertical bars between the inscriptions. In the centre, in three lines, are a code letter, month and day, and the year in two digits. The code letters seen are a lowercase a, a (inverted) or c. It is struck in red, with dates seen from September 1875 to May 1884. Known only as a back stamp, this date stamp is extremely scarce. Rated 4R - 5R

• Code a (16 June 1877 - 20 May 1878) rated 4R
• Code a inverted (20 May 1884) rated 5R
• Code c (January 1884) rated 5R

Brisbane Dead Letter Office datestamp type 2

Code a

1877

Brisbane Dead Letter Office datestamp type 2 rated 4R. Dated 16 June 1877. Code a. Seen at Schwanke GmbH Sale 30 lot no 100

Brisbane Dead Letter Office datestamp type 2 rated 4R. Dated 21 December 1877. Code a. Seen at Abacus auction no 234 lot no 166

1878

Brisbane Dead Letter Office datestamp type 2 rated 4R. Dated 15 March 1878. Code a. Seen at Phoenix auction no 22 lot no 966

Brisbane Dead Letter Office datestamp type 2 rated 4R. Dated 20 May 1878. Code a. Seen at Spink auction no 12043 lot 1442. Ex Griffiths

Code a inverted

1884

Brisbane Dead Letter Office datestamp type 2 rated 5R. Dated 20 May 1884. Code a (inverted). Seen at Gartner auction no 34

Code c

1884

Brisbane Dead Letter Office datestamp type 2 rated 5R. Dated January 1884. Code c. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 112 lot no 787