Sunday 16 October 2022

9d - Perf 11

This 9d Queensland stamp was issued on 4 July 1903, perf 12 x 12.25 comb and watermark "V over Crown". on 7 September 1906 it was issued as  perf 12 x 12.25 comb and watermark "Crown over A". It is also known issued both single line perf 11 and with compound perf 12 x 12.25 and single line perf 11

Brusden White catalogue, Kangaroos and the Early Federal Period, 1901-12, Sydney, 2004, p. 1/92. In connection with the two compound perf 12 x 12.25 and single line perf 11 examples; Scudder suggests that these are probably from the September 1911 printing

Since then many more single line perf 11 examples have come to light and this page is a census, compiled by myself with the assistance of members of the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group, to track them 

32 examples (including one mint and two used in the Royal Collection), are known so far, including 6 mint, one block of four and one pair. 11 examples are punctured 'OS' for official use. Dates range from 21 May 1910 to 18 July 1912 and post offices seen are Atherton, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cloncurry, Gayndah, Mareeba, Morven, Mount Morgan, Toowong and Windorah

Mint
The 6 mint examples are one in the Royal Collection, one owned by William Frazer which sold for £4370 at auction in London in 2003 and the four examples shown here 

9d perf 11 brown & blue Type B Perf 11 BW #Q45 (SG 285) inverted watermark. Seen in Spink auction no 12043 lot no 1399 ex Alan Griffiths

9d perf 11 brown & blue Type B Perf 11 BW #Q45 (SG 285) inverted watermark. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 112 lot no 755

9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine Type B Perf 11 BW #Q45B (SG 285). Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 146 lot no 122. Ex Bernard Manning

9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine Type B Perf 11 BW #Q45B (SG 285). Seen in Corinphila auctions. Signed Brun

Used examples
1910
9d perf 11 yellow-brown & ultramarine Type B ACSC Q45b (SG 285) dated Toowong 8 July 1910. Seen in Abacus auction no 249 lot no 2323. Ex Griffiths (Spink auction no 12043 lot no 1400)

1911
9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine Type B Perf 11 BW #Q45B (SG 285). Dated 9 June 1911. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 150 lot no 264

9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine Type B Perf 11 BW #Q45B (SG 285). Dated Mount Morgan 20 June 1911. Seen in Spink auction no 12043 lot no 1401. Ex Alan Griffiths


9d perf 11 yellow-brown & ultramarine dated Mareeba 1911. Seen in Mayfair auctions


9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine Type B Perf 11 BW #Q45B (SG 285). Dated Windorah 1911. Seen in Abacus auction no 229

No or unclear date

9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine Type B Perf 11 BW #Q45B (SG 285). Date stamped at Morven. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 152 lot no 405

9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine. Registered Atherton. Seen in a private collection

9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine Type B Perf 11 BW #Q45B (SG 285). Registered Atherton. Seen in Millennium auction no 80 lot no 397

9d perf 11. Four examples seen in the L'Estrange Collection in the Queensland Museum

Punctured 'OS' examples
1910
9d perf 11 yellow-brown & ultramarine punctured 'OS'. Dated Brisbane registered 21 May 1910. Seen in Spink auction no 12043 lot no 1401. Ex Griffiths

1911
9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine punctured 'OS'. Probably postmarked Bundaberg and dated 25 November 1911. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group

9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine punctured 'OS' Type B BW #Q45B (SG 285). Dated December 1911. Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 146 lot no 1223. Ex Bernard Manning

9d perf 11 yellow-brown & deep ultramarine Type B punctured 'OS' ACSC Q45Ab (SG 285var). Dated December 1911. Seen in the collection of Dave Elsmore

1912

9d perf 11 yellow-brown & ultramarine punctured 'OS' dated Cloncurry 18 July 1912. Seen in a private collection

Date unknown or not clear
9d perf 11 yellow-brown & ultramarine Type B punctured 'OS' ACSC Q45Ab (SG 285var). Seen in Abacus auction no 249 lot no 2324


9d perf 11 yellow-brown & ultramarine punctured 'OS' 
inverted watermark. Seen in the collection of Dave Elsmore


9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine punctured 'OS' Type B BW #Q45B (SG 285). Seen in Prestige Philately auction no 146 lot no 1224. Ex Bernard Manning


9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine punctured 'OS' Type B BW #Q45B (SG 285). Date stamped at Bundaberg. Seen in Status auctions

9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine punctured 'OS' Type B BW #Q45B (SG 285). Date stamped at Bundaberg. Seen in Status auctions

9d perf 11 brown & ultramarine punctured 'OS'. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group