A long term project by Dr Jeremy Hodes covering the Brisbane General Post Office (GPO) material including Date stamps, Handstamps, Cancellations and Postal History on Queensland postage stamps from the 1840s to 1913. The stamps come from my and other collections, Ebay, Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group. Stampboards.com and online auction catalogues. Use the pages, labels or the search function to search the blog. Contact:jeremy2929@gmail.com
Tuesday, 9 November 2021
7b Datestamp
Type 7b An unframed circle 23mm in diameter, with 'BRISBANE' round the top, 'Q - L' at the foot and a dot within a circular floret at the sides. The date is in two lines in the centre; month and day in the first line, and year in two figures in the second line, with a code letter above. The dates seen range from 23 April 1879 to 15 December 1883 and the Code letters seen so far are A, C and D. Rated 4R - 5R
Labels:
007b,
007b datestamp,
7b datestamp,
Brisbane,
datestamp,
postage stamps,
postal history,
Queensland,
sideface
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