Tuesday, 16 July 2024

5 Q.L. Duplex obliterator


There are two distinct types of this duplex:
  • Type 5 - 'Q.L. stop after both 'Q' and after 'L'', in thin letters and thin unbroken rays
  • Type 5a - 'Q.L.' stop after both 'Q' and 'L', in thick letters and thick unbroken rays
As there were several different implements, all slightly different, it is not always easy to tell the two subtypes apart. The easiest way to tell the two subtypes apart is by date. Type 5 is seen from 18 September 1893 - 14 November 1898 and type 5a from 18 August 1898 - 1908

Left to right: Duplex type 5, duplex type 5a

Type 5 A duplex (obliterator) 'Q.L.' in thin letters 5 mm high within an oval of 35 thin unbroken rays. The datestamp portion is a unframed circle, 24.5 - 25mm in diameter, with 'Brisbane' round the top, 'Queensland' at the foot and a stop on either side between them; the date is in two lines in the centre (year in two figures), with a code number above.This duplex was very widely used, so in order to keep this page a manageable length I usually only show, in addition to covers, select examples on stamp other than for numeral codes rated 3R - 5R

Dates range from 18 September 1893 to 14 November 1898  and code numbers seen are 1, 6, 9, 10, 12 - 38. Rated common - 5R. The detailed breakdown is as follows:
  • Code 1 (6 March 1894 - 4 April 1898) rated Common - $9, $45 on cover
  • Code 6 (16 April 1894) rated 5R - $75
  • Code 9 (11 January 1895 - 22 December 1897) rated 4R - $50, $100 on cover
  • Code 10 (5 July 1894 - 9 March 1895) rated 5R - $75
  • Code 12 (10 April 1894 - July 1895) rated 5R - $75, $100 on cover
  • Code 13 (1 March 1894 - 29 October 1896) rated 2R - $15, $100 on cover
  • Code 14 (3 November 1893 - 12 March 1896) rated 3R - $18, $100 on cover
  • Code 15 (21 September 1893 - 4 May 1898) rated 2R - $15, $100 on cover
  • Code 16 (24 November 1893 - 21 May 1895) rated 3R - $20, $75 on cover
  • Code 17 (12 May 1894 - 18 November 1896) rated 4R - $50
  • Code 18 (2 January 1894 - October 1896) rated 4R - $45, $100 on cover
  • Code 19 (21 October 1893 - 17 July 1895) rated 2R - $13, $50 on cover
  • Code 20 (4 November 1893 - 7 April 1898) rated 2R - $14, $50 on cover
  • Code 21 (6 January 1894 - 17 May 1895) rated 2R - $14, $50 on cover
  • Code 22 (20 September 1893 - 24 March 1898) rated 3R - $20, $50 on cover
  • Code 23 (23 September 1893 - 5 April 1895) rated 3R - $21, $40 on cover 
  • Code 24 (5 May 1894 - 29 June 1895) rated 3R - $22, $100 on cover
  • Code 25 (13 January 1894 - 4 May 1895) rated 4R - $40
  • Code 26 (8 February 1894 - 21 July 1898) rated Rare - $12, $50 on cover
  • Code 27 (October 1893 - 26 June 1895) rated 3R - $30, $40 on cover
  • Code 28 (29 September 1893 - 4 November 1895) rated 3R - $22, $45 on cover
  • Code 29 (11 April 1894 - 21 October 1896) rated 2R - $15, $75 on cover
  • Code 30 (18 September 1893 - 25 November 1896) rated Common - $8, $50
  • Code 31 (15 November 1893 - 22 August 1898) rated Common - $9, $50 on cover
  • Code 32 (19 October 1893 - 31 July 1896) rated Common - $10, $50 on cover
  • Code 33 (27 February 1894 - 21 April 1898) rated Rare - $15, $100 on cover
  • Code 34 (2 July 1895 - 14 November 1898) rated Rare - $15, $100 on cover
  • Code 35 (19 September 1893 - 19 March 1897) rated 3R - $23
  • Code 36 (29 May 1894 - 5 November 1897) rated 4R - $40
  • Code 37 (10 August 1897 - 1898) rated 5R - $75
  • Code 38 (27 June 1896) rated 5R - $100

Brisbane duplex type 5

Code 1
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 1 rated common. Dated 6 March, 29 March, 23 April, 6 May and 23 September 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 1 rated common. Dated 3 January, 19 March and 1 May 1895

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 1 rated common. Dated 15 June 1895

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 1 rated common. Dated 19 June 1895. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 1 rated common. Dated 9 August 1896

1897
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 1 rated common. Dated 17 March 1897. Seen in a private collection

1898
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 1 rated common. Dated 4 April 1898
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Code 6
1894
Brisbane duplex type 6 Code 1 rated 5R. Dated 16 April 1894
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Code 9
1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 9 rated 4R. Dated 11 January 1895. Seen in the Marius Wytenburg Brisbane GPO exhibit

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 9 rated 4R. Dated 20 February, 29 June and 7 September 1895

1897
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 9 rated 4R. Dated 22 December 1897
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Code 10
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 10 rated 5R. Dated Dated 5 July 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 10 rated 5R. Dated 9 March 1895
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Code 12
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 12 rated 5R. Dated 10 April 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 12 rated 5R. Dated 17 June 1895. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 12 rated 5R. Dated July 1895
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Code 13
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 13 rated 2R. Dated 1 March, 4 April, 28 April, 22 May and 31 May 1894 and 7 May 1895

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 13 rated 2R. Dated 27 August and 16 November 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 13 rated 2R. Dated 29 January 1895

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 13 rated 2R. Dated 29 October 1896
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Code 14
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 14 rated 3R. Dated 3 November 1893

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 14 rated 3R. Dated 7 November 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 14 rated 3R. Dated 7 March and 18 July 1895

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 14 rated 3R. Dated 12 May 1896
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Code 15
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 15 rated 2R. Dated 21 September 1893

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 15 rated 2R. Dated 5 November 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 15 rated 2R. Dated 5 June, 18 July and 9 November 1895

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 15 rated 2R. Dated 2 September 1895

1898
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 15 rated 2R. Dated 4 may 1898
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Code 16
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 16 rated 3R. Dated 24 November 1893

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 16 rated 3R. Dated 19 January, 10 May, 11 June, 23 June and 7 December 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 16 rated 3R. Dated 21 May 1895. Seen on Ebay
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Code 17
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 17 rated 4R. Dated 30 October and 12 May 1894

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 17 rated 4R. Dated 9 May and 18 November 1896
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Code 18
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 18 rated 4R. Dated 2 January, 2 June and 20 September 1894

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 18 rated 4R. Dated 28 September 1894. Seen in Premier Postal auction no 143

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 18 rated 4R. Dated 26 January and 1 April 1895

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 18 rated 4R. Dated 25 January 1896
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Code 19
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 19 rated 2R Dated 21 October 1893. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 19 rated 2R Dated 18 November 1893. Seen on Ebay

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 19 rated 2R Dated 30 June, 18 August, 25 August, 5 September and 1 December 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 19 rated 2R Dated 15 February, 6 April and 29 June 1895

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 19 rated 2R. Dated 17 July 1895. Seen on Ebay
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Code 20
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 20 rated 2R. Dated 4 November 1893

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 20 rated 2R. Dated 15 May, 26 May, 4 June, 18 August, November and 3 December 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 20 rated 2R. Dated 25 January and 4 March 1895

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 20 rated 2R. Dated 22 May 1895

1897
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 20 rated 2R. Dated 10 June 1897. Seen in a private collection

1898
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 20 rated 2R. Dated 7 April 1898
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Code 21
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 21 rated 2R. Dated 6 January, 19 May, 5 June, 13 October, 7 November and 22 December 1894

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 21 rated 2R. Dated 30 November 1894

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 21 rated 2R. Dated 7 December 1894. Seen on Ebay

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 21 rated 2R. Dated 30 March 1895

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 21 rated 2R. Dated 17 May 1895. Seen on Ebay
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Code 22
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 22 rated 3R. Dated 20 September 1893

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 22 rated 3R. Dated 21 October 1893

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 22 rated 3R. Dated 10 November 1893

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 22 rated 3R. Dated 27 February and 26 April 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 22 rated 3R. Dated 30 April 1895. Seen on Ebay

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 22 rated 3R. Dated 23 May 1896
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Code 23
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 23 rated 3R. Dated 23 September 1893

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 23 rated 3R. Dated 28 November 1893. Seen on Ebay

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 23 rated 3R. Dated June 1894. Seen in Abacus auction no 257 lot no 838

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 23 rated 3R. Dated 20 October 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 23 rated 3R. Dated 30 January and 16 February 1895

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 23 rated 3R. Dated 5 April 1895. Seen in Spink auction no 18047 lot no 102
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Code 24
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 24 rated 3R. Dated 5 May, 4 July and 22 September 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 24 rated 3R. Dated 8 April 1895. Seen in Mossgreen auction no 89 lot no 951

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 24 rated 3R. Dated 22 January, 7 May and 29 June 1895
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Code 25
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 25 rated 4R. Dated 13 January, 2 March and 4 June 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 25 rated 4R. Dated 2 April and 4 May 1895
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Code 26
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 26 rated rare. Dated 15 June 1894. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 26 rated rare. Dated 15 June 1894. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 26 rated rare. Dated 8 February, 16 April, 14 October, 26 October and 4 December 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 26 rated rare. Dated 7 February, 22 February and 21 March 1895

1898
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 26 rated rare. Dated 21 July 1898
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Code 27
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 27 rated 3R. Dated October 1893

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 27 rated 3R. Dated 5 October 1894. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 27 rated 3R. Dated 10 November 1894. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 27 rated 3R. Dated 16 November 1894

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 27 rated 3R. Dated 16 November 1894. Seen in Phoenix auction no 45

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 27 rated 3R. Dated 16 November 1894. Seen on Ebay

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 27 rated 3R. Dated 18 January 1895

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 27 rated 3R. Dated 3 January, 25 January and 26 June 1895
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Code 28
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 28 rated 3R. Dated 29 September 1893. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 28 rated 3R. Dated 19 December 19893

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 28 rated 3R. Dated 11 May 1894. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 28 rated 3R. Dated 28 November 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 28 rated 3R. Dated 13 May 1895. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 28 rated 3R. Dated 6 March, 19 March, 9 April, 17 October and 4 November 1895
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Code 29
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 29 rated 2R. Dated 11 April, 6 September, 31 October and 1 November 1894

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 29 rated 2R. Dated 14 December 1894. Seen on Ebay

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 29 rated 2R. Dated 5 July 1895

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 29 rated 2R. Dated 26 August and 21 October 1896
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Code 30
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 30 rated common. Dated 18 September 1893

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 30 rated common. Dated 13 October 1893. Seen in a private collection

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 30 rated common. Dated 12 January, 2 April, 27 June and 26 September 1894

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 30 rated common. Dated 12 October 1894. Seen in Spink auction no 14015 lot no 2350

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 30 rated common. Dated 7 January, 6 February, 15 April, 15 May, 15 July and 15 August 1895

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 30 rated common. Dated 19 February, 23 March and 13 July 1896

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 30 rated common. Dated 17 September 1896

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 30 rated common. Dated 22 September 1896. Seen on Eby
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Code 31
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 31 rated common. Dated 15 November 1893

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 31 rated common. Dated 27 February 1894. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 31 rated common. Dated 24 September 1894. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 131

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 31 rated common. Dated 23 January, 23 July, 4 September, 3 October and 18 December 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 31 rated common. Dated 21 March 1895

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 31 rated common. Dated 3 March, 3 July and 24 December 1895

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 31 rated common. Dated 28 January, 22 June and 25 September 1896

1898
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 31 rated common. Dated 10 February and 22 August 1898
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Code 32
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 32 rated common. Dated 19 and 23 October 1893

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 32 rated common. Dated 10 November 1893. Seen on Ebay

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 32 rated common. Dated 29 May 1894. Seen in a private collection

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 32 rated common. Dated 6 September 1894. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 32 rated common. Dated 11 September 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 32 rated common. Dated 18 June, 4 July and 16 August 1895

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 32 rated common. Dated 7 May, 18 June and 17 July 1896
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Code 33
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 33 rated rare. Dated 27 February 1894

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 33 rated rare. Dated 24 September 1894

1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 33 rated rare. Dated 22 February and 1 March 1895

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 33 rated rare. Dated 21 January, 28 April and 28 May 1896

1898
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 33 rated rare. Dated 21 April 1898
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Code 34
1895
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 34 rated common. Dated 2 July 1895

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 34 rated common. Dated 10 March and 2 July 1896

1898
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 34 rated common. Dated 23 August 1898

Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 34 rated common. Dated 14 November 1898. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 147
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Code 35
1893
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 35 rated 3R. Dated 19 September 1893

1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 35 rated 3R. Dated 18 September 1894

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 35 rated 3R. Dated 19 May 1896

1897
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 35 rated 3R. Dated 19 March 1897
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Code 36
1894
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 36 rated 4R. Dated 29 May 1894

1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 36 rated 4R. Dated 28 April 1896

1897
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 36 rated 4R. Dated 5 November 1897
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Code 37
1897
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 37 rated 5R. Dated 10 August 1897

1898
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 37 rated 5R. Dated 1898
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Code 38
1896
Brisbane duplex type 5 Code 38 rated 5R. Dated 27 June 1896
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