The type 9 duplex obliterator comprises 3 distinct types:
- 9a - QL duplex obliterator type 9 with time in the centre top line
- 9b - QL duplex obliterator type 9 with PXB in the centre top line
- 9c - QL duplex obliterator type 9 with POB in the centre top line
There is also a POB type 23 date stamp
Left to right: 9a (time), 9b (PXB), 9c (POB), 23 POB date stamp
Type 9b PXB 'QL' (No stops), in thin letters 3 mm high within an oval of 27 unbroken broken rays. The datestamp is 25 mm in diameter with 'BRISBANE' around the top, 'QUEENSLAND' around the foot, and a dot stop at each side; in the centre, in three lines, are 'PXB' the month and day, and year in two digits.
It is not known why 'PXB' was inserted in some of the type 9 duplexes or what it signified. It is possible that it is similar to the usage found in the type 14 Pillarbox octagonal date stamps, where PXB means posted interstate box; however examples have been seen sent within Brisbane, Queensland, interstate and overseas. Wytenburg suggests that this duplex may have replaced the pillarbox date stamp but these continued to be used until 1910.
Known used from 5 July 1906 to 21 September 1908 plus an outlier dated 22 December 1910. Rated 2R on stamp and 3R on cover
Brisbane PXB QL duplex obliterator type 9b
1906
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 5 July 1906. Seen in Gaertner auction June 2018
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 22 July 1906
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 27 August 1906. Seen on Ebay
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 27 August 1906. Seen in Marius Wytenburg' s Brisbane exhibition
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 1906. Seen in Marius Wytenburg' s Brisbane exhibition
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 2R. Dated 1906
1907
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 2R. Dated 19 March 1907
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 2R. Dated 13 March, 18 September and 26 November 1907
1908
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 22 February 1908
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 2R. Dated 16 March 1908
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 4 April 1908
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 26 May 1908. Seen on Ebay
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 21 September 1908
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 2R. Dated 1 January, 6 January, 20 January, 1 July, 20 February and 20 October 1908
1910
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 2R. Dated 22 December 1910
Date unknown or indistinct
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 14 September
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 28 October
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 7 November
Type 9b PXB QL duplex obliterator rated 3R. Dated 30 December
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