6 Datestamp

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Type 6 An unframed circle 18.5 mm in diameter, with 'BRISBANE' round the top, 'QUEENSLAND' at the foot and a dot at each side. The date is in two lines in the centre; month and day in the first line, and year in four figures in the second line, with a code letter above. 

Easily distinguished from other types as it is the only Brisbane date stamp with the year in 4 figures and a dot at each side (the only other four figure year Brisbane datestamps - types 1 and 5 - have two or one curved bars at each side respectively). 

Usually seen as a back stamp and applied off stamp, the dates range from 9 August 1871 to 3 September 1873 and the Code letters seen so far are in lower case italics a to d  to July 1873 and Roman capitals A to C from around February 1873. Campbell had not seen c, but had seen an inverted d which appears as a p. So the codes seen so far are; a, b, d, d inverted, A, B and C. From the handful of examples seen by me so far, a appears to be the most common code followed by code A. This date stamp is very rare and all examples are rated 4R

Brisbane Datestamp type 6

Code a

1871

Brisbane datestamp type 6. Code a. Dated 9 August 1871. Rated 4R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234 lot no 49

Brisbane datestamp type 6. Code a. Dated 28 October 1871. Rated 4R. Seen on Ebay

1872

Brisbane datestamp type 6. Code a. Dated 14 February 1872. Rated 4R. Seen in Mossgreen auction no 210 lot no 509

Brisbane datestamp type 6. Code a. Dated 1 September 1872. Rated 4R. Seen in Phoenix auction no 64 lot no 1035

1873

Brisbane datestamp type 6. Code a. Dated 9 July 1873. Rated 4R. Seen on Ebay

Code d

1872

Brisbane datestamp type 6. Code d. Dated July 1872. Rated 4R. Seen on Ebay

Indistinct Italic Code

1871

Brisbane datestamp type 6. Code indistinct. Dated 27 November 1871. Rated 4R. Seen in Wytenburg Brisbane GPO exhibition who describes this code as an inverted a

Brisbane datestamp type 6. Code indistinct but possibly an inverted a. Dated 6 May 1872. Rated 4R

Code A

1873

Brisbane datestamp type 6. Code a. Dated 20 March 1873. Rated 4R. Seen in Abacus auction no 234

Brisbane datestamp type 6. Code a. Dated 12 August 1873. Rated 4R. Seen in Abacus online auction no 1 lot no 1273

Code C

1873

Brisbane datestamp type 6. Code C. Dated 21 February 1873. Rated 4R. Seen in Phoenix auction no 36

Brisbane datestamp type 6. Code C. Dated 14 May 1873. Rated 4R. Seen on Ebay