Friday, 13 February 2026

Queensland 9d brown and ultramarine postally used blocks

A census of Queensland 9d brown and ultramarine (SG 265 and SG 266) used blocks. This issue first went on sale in July 1903. Most of these stamps, being of a high value, were used on telegrams and parcels and while postally used examples are not that scarce,  postally used blocks are

Postally used
1908
9d block of 6 cancelled with a Cairns type 5a date stamp dated 28 October 1908. Seen in the collection of Dave Elsmore

1910
9d block of 4 cancelled with a Mount Perry date stamp dated
August 1910. Seen in the collection of Henk Godthelp

1911
9d block of 4 cancelled with a Brisbane Parcel Post Branch datestamp dated 13 February 1911

9d perf 11 block of 4 cancelled with a Brisbane Parcel Post Branch datestamp dated 19 December 1911. Seen in the collection of Dave Elsmore

1912
9d block of 4 cancelled with a Townsville type 6t date stamp dated 29 August 1912. Seen on Ebay

1913

9d block of 4 cancelled with a Toowoomba type 5a date stamp dated 23 February 1913

9d block of 4 cancelled with a Brisbane Parcel Post Branch datestamp type 5 dated 14 May 1913

Unknown year
9d block of 4 cancelled with a Brisbane parcel post branch roller cancel type 6

9d block of 4 cancelled with a Cairns type 5a datestamp with an indistinct date. Seen in the collection of Dave Elsmore

9d block of 4 cancelled with a Brisbane registered datestamp with an indistinct date. Seen in the collection of Dave Elsmore

9d block of 4 on a parcel label cancelled with an indistinct barred numeral. Seen in the collection of Dr Tim Dexter

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