8 Datestamp

Brisbane Datestamp Page

Type 8 A rectangular frame with rounded corners measuring 25.5 x 18.5 mm; within the frame, in four straight lines, are a numeral, 'BRISBANE', the date in one line, and 'QL' (no stops). The month is usually before the day, but not always. This was mainly used as a departure marking and is quite different from any other Brisbane date stamp.

Dates range from 13 September 1877 to 10 September 1884 and it is very scarce. Codes seen by me are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5 inverted, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Campbell also lists a Code 13. Rated Rated 2R - 5R, including 2R for examples where the code cannot be identified. The detailed breakdown is as follows:

• Code 1 (23 April 1879 - January 1883) rated 3R - $25
• Code 2 (16 April 1879 - July 1882) rated 3R - $25
• Code 3 (9 October 1878 - January 1880) rated 4R - $40
• Code 4 (6 January 1880 - 1884) rated 3R - $25
• Code 5 (1878 - 1884) rated 2R - $15, $100 on cover
• Code 5 inverted (1884) rated 5R - $100
• Code 6 (2 October 1877 - 2 October 1882) rated 4R - $40
• Code 7 (13 November 1877 - 20 July 1882 ) rated 4R - $40, $100 on cover
• Code 8 (19 December 1879 - 19 June 1884 ) rated 2R - $15, $50 on cover
• Code 9 (7 August 1884 - 10 September 1884) rated 5R - $75, $100 on cover
• Code 10 (December 1882 ) rated 5R - $90
• Code 11 (26 April 1883 ) rated 5R - $100

Brisbane Datestamp type 8 (from Campbell)



Examples of partial Brisbane datestamps type 8 on 1st and 2nd Sidefaces where the code portion of the datestamp is not present or indistinct. Rated 2R

Code 1

1879

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 1. Rated 3R. Dated 23 April 1879. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 1. Rated 3R. Dated 22 May 1879

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 1. Rated 3R. Dated 1879. Seen on Ebay

1882

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 1. Rated 3R. Dated 29 September 1882. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group


Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 1. Rated 3R. Dated January 1883 (?)


Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 1. Rated 3R. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 142 lot no 314. Ex Wytenburg. Now in the collection of Tony Griffin

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 1. Rated 3R. Dated 7 November 188-. From the collection of Dr Andrew Mortlock

Code 2
1879

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 2. Rated 3R. Dated 16 April 1879. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 142 lot no 314. Ex Wytenburg

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 2. Rated 3R


Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 2. Rated 3R. Dated 31 July. Seen in the collection of Tony Griffin

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 2. Rated 3R. Dated 27 November 1879. Seen on Ebay

1880

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 2. Rated 3R. Dated 24 February 1880. Seen in a private collection


Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 2. Rated 3R. Dated 16 April 1880. Seen in the collection of Tony Griffin

1882

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 2. Rated 3R. Dated July 1882. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

Code 3

1878

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 4. Rated 4R. Dated 9 October 1878. Seen on Facebook

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 3. Rated 4R. Dated 6 September

1879

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 3. Rated 4R. Dated August 1879. Seen on Ebay

1880

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 3. Rated 4R. Dated 1880. Seen on Facebook

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 3. Rated 4R. Dated 26 October 188-

Code 4

Chalon

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 4. Rated 3R


Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 4. Rated 3R

1880

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 4. Rated 3R. Dated 6 January 1880. Seen in a private collection

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 4. Rated 3R. Dated 5 March. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

1883

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 4. Rated 3R. Dated August 1883. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 142 lot no 314. Ex Wytenburg. Now in the collection of Tony Griffin

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 4. Rated 3R. Dated 4, 10 and 25 September 1883. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group 

1884

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 4. Rated 3R. Dated 1884. Seen in the collection of Carl Burnett

Code 5

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 5. Rated 2R. Dated 6 September

1878

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 5. Rated 2R. Dated 1878. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 142 lot no 314. Ex Wytenburg


Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 5. Rated 2R. Dated 17 August 1878. Seen at Premier Postal auction no 48

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 5. Rated 2R. Dated 9 October 1878. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 5. Rated 2R. Dated 16 October 1878. Seen on Ebay

1879

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 5. Rated 2R. Dated 24 October 1879. Seen in Butler

1880

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 5. Rated 2R. Dated 1880. Seen in a private collection

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 5. Rated 2R. Dated 27 August 1881. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 5. Rated 2R. Dated 16 December 1881. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis


Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 5. Rated 2R. Seen in the collection of Tony Griffin

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 5. Rated 2R. Seen on Ebay

1884

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 5. Rated 2R. Dated 1884. From the collection of Dr Andrew Mortlock

Code 5 inverted

1884

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 5 inverted. Rated 5R. Dated 29 January 1884

Code 6
1877

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 6. Rated 4R. Dated 2 October 1877. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 142 lot no 314. Ex Wytenburg

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 6. Rated 4R. Dated 5 September 1878. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a Chalon. Code 6. Rated 4R. Dated 2 October


Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 6. Rated 4R. Dated 27 January. Seen in the collection of Tony Griffin

1882

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 6. Rated 4R. Dated 2 October 1882. From the collection of Dr Andrew Mortlock

Code 7

1877

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 7. Rated 4R. Dated 13 November 1877. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

1879

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 7. Rated 4R. Dated 6 August 1879


Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 7. Rated 4R. Dated 20 July

1881

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 7. Rated 4R. Dated April 1881


Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 7. Rated 4R. Seen in the collection of Tony Griffin

1882

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 7. Rated 4R. Dated 20 July 1882. Courtesy of Dave Elsmore

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 7. Rated 4R. Dated 3 September. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

1883

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 7. Rated 4R. Dated 5 September. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 142 lot no 314. Ex Wytenburg

Code 8

1879

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface cover. Code 8. Rated 2R. Dated 19 December 1879

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 8. Rated 2R. Dated 19 September

1882

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface cover. Code 8. Rated 2R. Dated 29 August 1882. Seen at Phoenix auction no 62 lot no 1026

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface cover. Code 8. Rated 2R. Dated December 1882. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

1883

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 8. Rated 2R. Dated 5 May 1883. From the collection of Dr Andrew Mortlock

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 8. Rated 2R. Dated 1883. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Unclear date

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 8. Rated 2R. Dated 14 August 188-. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 8. Rated 2R. Dated 20 March 188-. Seen on Ebay

1884

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 8. Rated 2R. Dated 3 January 1884

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface cover. Code 8. Rated 2R. Dated 18 March 1884. Seen at Spink auction no 18047 lot no 102


Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface cover. Code 8. Rated 2R. Dated 19 June 1884. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 142 lot no 314. Ex Wytenburg

Code 9

1884

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 9. Rated 5R. Dated 7 August 1884. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 142 lot no 314. Ex Wytenburg


Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 2nd Sideface. Code 9. Rated 5R. Dated 10 September 1884. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Code 10

1882

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 10. Rated 5R. Dated December 1882

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface cover. Code 8. Rated 2R. Dated 24 February 188-. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis

Code 11

1883

Brisbane datestamp type 8 on a 1st Sideface. Code 10. Rated 5R. Dated 26 April 1883. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group