Parcel Post Branch Type 5

Brisbane Parcel Post Branch Page

The Brisbane Parcel Post Branch used two continuous roller types. Type 4 is a horizontal roller (P.P.B. - full stops) and type 5 is a vertical roller (PPB - no full stops). These were used on parcels. which may explain why so few of these have been seen; none of them are dated. I have only seen them on Large Chalon and 3rd Sideface issues - including on an 1895/7 2d block and on crown over A watermark issues  - suggesting that the parcel branch rollers were in operation from around 1897 till at least 1907, if not later

Type 5 - a vertical roller type, consisting of four horizontal bars, with the letters 'PPB' between, 6 mm high

• Type 5 rated 2R -  $20

L-R:, Type 4 (horizontal), type 5 (vertical)

Large Chalon

Brisbane parcel post branch type 5 rated 2R

Brisbane parcel post branch type 5 rated 2R. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane parcel post branch type 5 rated 2R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Brisbane parcel post branch type 5 rated 2R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

3rd Sideface

Brisbane parcel post branch type 5 rated 2R. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

Brisbane parcel post branch type 5 rated 2R

Brisbane parcel post branch type 5 rated 2R