Description: Obliterator: 3 concentric circles 21 x 15mm
Datestamp: 22mm, 2 line date, year in 2 figures, words reading outwards.
Recorded Usage: May 16 1860 - 1864
Codes: None
Comments: Common to find the obliterator on chalons but full examples on cover are scarce.
Description: Obliterator: QL in thin letters, 32-36 thin broken rays
Datestamp: 22-23˝mm, single arc at side, 2 line date plus code.
Recorded Usage: April 20 1867 - April 24 1869
Codes: b, c, d(1 rec) in italics and numerals 1,2(1 rec), 3(1 rec), 4, 5.
Comments: Probably a combination of the Type 2 obliterator and Type 3 datestamp. Quite scarce.
Description: Obliterator: Short curved tail on "QL" 5˝mm high. 34 rays
Datestamp: 22˝mm diameter, 2 curved bars. 5-6mm space to obliterator.
Recorded Usage: December 20 1879 - September 1885
Codes: 1, 2, 4(1 rec), 6, 7(2 rec), 8, 9, 16(inverted)
Comments:
Description: Obliterator: Long straight tail on "QL" 5mm high. 34 rays
Datestamp: 23mm diameter, 2 curved bars. Uses a code letter.
Recorded Usage: 1887 - 1892
Codes: A(1 rec), C, D(1 rec), E, H, K(1 rec), N, O(1 rec)
Comments:
Description: Obliterator: Short straight tail on "QL" 6mm high. 34 rays
Datestamp: 23mm diameter, 2 curved bars. Uses a code number.
Recorded Usage: November 2 1885 - 1894
Codes: 3, 5, 8-16, 18, 19, 20
Comments:
Description: Obliterator: Short angled tail on "QL" 5mm high. 31 rays
Datestamp: 23˝mm diameter, 2 very short curved bars. Uses a code number.
Recorded Usage: October 30 1890 - September 11 1893
Codes: 1, 2, 10 - 34.
Comments:
Description: Obliterator: Short straight tail on "QL" 5mm high. 38 rays
Datestamp: 24mm diameter, 2 curved bars. Uses a code number.
Recorded Usage: March 21 1892 - July 1 1893
Codes: 20, 22, 25, 28-32.
Comments: Probably the most short lived of the duplexes. Not yet sighted on cover.
Description: Obliterator: Thick "QL". 34 rays
Datestamp: 24˝mm diameter, 2 very short curved bars. Uses a code letter.
Recorded Usage: May 10 1892 - 1896
Codes: A, C, D, E, H, L, M(1 rec), N(2 rec), P, W.
Comments: The first framed datestamp.
Description: Obliterator: 35 thin rays. Short tail on "Q". Thin "QL"
Datestamp: 24˝mm diameter, Dot at each side. Looped tail in "Q".
Recorded Usage: September 25 1893 - July 26 1898
Codes: 1, 9, 13 - 37.
Comments:
Description: Obliterator: 35 thick rays. Short tail on "Q". Thick "QL". Has stops.
Datestamp: 24˝mm diameter, Dot at each side. Very short thick tail on "Q".
Recorded Usage: July 13 1899 - October 24 1908
Codes: 1 - 38
Comments: This is the most common of the Brisbane duplexes however it is still a challenge trying to obtain each code letter on cover
Description: Obliterator: 37 unbroken rays. No stops
Datestamp: 25mm diameter, Dot at each side. "PAID" at top and "BRISBANE" at base. 2 line date with no code..
Recorded Usage: November 2 1895 - December 30 1895
Codes: None
Comments: The rarest of the duplexes and only 2 examples recorded on the above dates
Description: Obliterator: An oval of 6 horizontal bars with "QUEENSLAND" across the centre.
Datestamp: 25-26mm diameter, "BRISBANE" around the top 2 line date and code.
Recorded Usage: August 26 1895 - 1905
Codes: 1, 6(1 rec), 8(1 rec), 11(1 rec), 12 - 36, 37(1 rec), 38(1 rec)
Comments: Similar to the Melbourne type. Single digit codes extremely rare.
Description: Obliterator: 27 thick rays. Thick "QL".
Datestamp: 25mm diameter, "QL" at the base. With or without a dot at each side.
Recorded Usage: 1896 - March 21 1901
Codes: No codes but has time
Comments: Quite scarce, used primarily as backstamps.
Description: Obliterator: 27 thick rays. Thick "QL".
Datestamp: 25˝mm diameter, 2 line date.
Recorded Usage: March 8 1899 - May 17 1907
Codes: No codes but has time.
Comments: Known with "BA" in the time position which is more likely a poorly struck 8A.
Description: Obliterator: 27 thick rays. Thick "QL".
Datestamp: 25˝mm diameter, 2 line date.
Recorded Usage: 1906 - September 21 1908
Codes: "PXB" in place of time. Means "Posted in Interstate Box"
Comments: Same as previous type except for the insertion of "PXB"
Description: Obliterator: 34 rays. Thin "QL" with loop on tail of "Q"
Datestamp: 25˝mm diameter, 2 line date.
Recorded Usage: May 29 1906 - May 15 1907
Codes: "POB" in place of time. Means "Posted in Overseas Box"
Comments: Recently discovered. Only a few examples recorded.
Description: Obliterator: 26 rays. Thick "QL" but smaller than previous types.
Datestamp: 25-26˝mm diameter, Time plus a 2 line date.
Recorded Usage: October 1 1902 - 1905
Codes: Nil
Comments: Campbell's Type 10 now has 3 subtypes.
Description: Obliterator: Same as 10a
Datestamp: 25-26˝mm diameter, Time plus a 2 line date. Lettering is larger.
Recorded Usage: March 16 1910 - October 12 1911
Codes: Nil
Comments:
Description: Obliterator: 27 thinner rays. Thin "QL".
Datestamp: 25˝mm diameter, Time plus a 2 line date. More space between lettering and frame.
Recorded Usage: November 30 1910 - June 2 1911
Codes: Nil
Comments:
Description: Obliterator: 45 rays. Thin "GPO".
Datestamp: 24-25mm diameter, Time plus a 2 line date. 4 small dots at each side although after wear this looks like one large dot.
Recorded Usage: July 14 1905 - February 20 1910
Codes: Nil
Comments: Fairly common.