Albion railway station in Brisbane. Concentric circle cancellations were used on newspaper wrappers in the 1890s. Rated 4R. More information on the use of these cancellations on postage stamps or wrappers can be found here
Awarded Gold at Boston 2026 World Stamp Exhibition. A handbook of the different numerals (bars, rays and duplexes) found on Queensland (Chalon, Sideface and Commonwealth) postage stamps and covers compiled by Dr Jeremy Hodes To find the numeral you are looking for select from the numeral tabs directly below.
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Showing posts with label Queensland. Show all posts
Friday, March 13, 2026
6 - Albion Railway Station
Labels:
006,
Albion,
concentric cancels,
concentric circle cancels,
newspaper,
Queensland
Thursday, March 12, 2026
5 - Mayne Railway Station
Mayne railway station in Brisbane. Concentric circle cancellations were used on newspaper wrappers in the 1890s. Rated Common. More information on the use of these cancellations on postage stamps or wrappers can be found here
Mayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common
Mayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common. Seen in the collection of Dr Tim Dexter
Mayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common. Seen on Ebay
Mayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook GroupMayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common. Seen on Ebay
Mayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common. Seen on Ebay
Mayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common. Seen on Ebay
Mayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common. Seen on Ebay
Mayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common. Seen on Ebay
Mayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common. Seen in the collection of Ian McMahon
Mayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common. Seen in the collection of Ian McMahon
Mayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common. Seen in Phoenix auction no 67
Mayne railway station newspaper concentric circle cancellation rated common. Seen in Phoenix auction no 67
Labels:
005,
concentric cancels,
concentric circle cancels,
Mayne,
newspaper,
Queensland
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
3 - Exhibition Railway Station
Exhibition railway station in Brisbane. Concentric circle cancellations were used on newspaper wrappers in the 1890s. Rated 5R. More information on the use of these cancellations on postage stamps or wrappers can be found here
4 - Bowen Hills Railway Station
Bowen Hills railway station in Brisbane. Concentric circle cancellations were used on newspaper wrappers in the 1890s. Rated 5R. More information on railway newspaper on centric circle cancellations can be found here
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
852 - Nara
Nara railway station, 28 km from Toowoomba, opened on 21 December 1910. More information on railway cancellers is available here
- Sideface rectangular railway numeral canceller is rated 5R
Nara railway 3rd Sideface
Labels:
852,
barred numeral,
Nara,
Queensland,
Railway,
Sideface
Monday, June 10, 2024
148 - Bundaberg duplex
Bundaberg Post office, 80 km north of Maryborough opened on 1 January 1871. There were two numeral 148 duplex canceller types (unframed then framed), both with numeral 148 enclosed by 35 unbroken rays and Codes 1 - 14. The Codes are time related
Sideface duplex Type 1 (unframed) (20 February 1891 - 4 May 1910) rated Common
- Code 1 (25 February 1891 - 7 May 1909) rated Common
- Code 2 (8 October 1901 - 9 September 1905) rated 3R
- Code 3 (9 March 1895 - 12 September 1908) rated 2R
- Code 4 (2 May 1896 - 30 December 1907) rated 4R
- Code 5 (21 June 1895 - 21 January 1909) rated 2R
- Code 6 (8 March 1892 - 24 December 1906) rated Common
- Code 7 (8 October 1897 - 12 January 1910) rated 3R
- Code 8 (18 January 1892 - 19 August 1909) rated 3R
- Code 9 (20 February 1891 - 11 January 1909) rated Common
- Code 10 (28 August 1891 - 30 December 1909) rated Common
- Code 11 (13 December 1892 - 10 February 1910) rated Common
- Code 12 (20 March 1894 - 9 October 1907) rated Common
- Code 13 (1897 - 4 May 1910) rated Common
- Code 14 (2 January 1909) rated 5R
Sideface duplex Type 2 (framed) (4 November 1910 - 8 April 1912) rated 4R
- Code 1 (8 April 1912) rated 5R
- Code 7 (28 April 1911) rated 4R
- Code 8 (22 July 1911) rated 4R
- Code 10 (15 April 1911 - 22 November 1911) rated 4R
- Code 11 (3 May 1911) rated 5R
- Code 12 (4 November 1910) rated 4R
Commonwealth duplex Type 2 (framed) (13 March 1913 - 25 June 1913) rated 5R
- Code 8 (25 July 1913) rated 5R
- Code 9 (13 March 1913) rated 5R
- Code 10 (3 April 1913) rated 5R
Bundaberg numeral 148 HERE. Bundaberg date stamps HERE. Bundaberg registered HERE. Bundaberg Railway HERE. For 148 Thursday Island see here. For 148 numeral forgeries see here
Sideface Duplex Type 1 (Unframed)
Code 1
1891
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 1 rated Common. Dated 25 February 1891. Seen in Abacus auction no 247 lot no 1121
1894
1896
1904
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 1 rated Common. Dated 1 October 1904. Seen in Corinphila
1906
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 1 rated Common. Dated 11 July 1906. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
1907
1908
1909
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Code 2
1901
1902
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 2 rated 3R. Dated 16 January 1902. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 2 rated 3R. Dated 8 November 1902. Seen in the collection of David Hopper
1905
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 2 rated 3R. Dated 9 September 1905. Seen in Corinphila auctions 2018
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Code 3
1895
1899
1903
1908
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Code 4
1896
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 4 rated 4R. Dated 5 August 1897. Seen in Antonio Torres auctions December 2024
1901
1907
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 4 rated 4R. Dated 30 December 1907------------------------
Code 5
1895
1900
1901
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 5 rated 2R. Dated 12 March 1901. Seen in Grosvenor auction no 55
1903
1905
1909
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Code 6
1892
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 6 rated Common. Dated 8 March 1892
1894
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 6 rated Common. Dated 6 November 1894. Seen in Antonio Torres Auctions December 2024
1895
1899
1902
1905
1906
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Code 7
1897
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 7 rated 3R. Dated 8 October 1897. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
1898
1899
1906
1908
1910
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 7 rated 3R. Dated 12 January 1910. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
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Code 8
1892
1893
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 8 rated 3R. Dated 21 September 1893. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
1898
1899
1900
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 8 rated 3R. Dated 20 June 1900. Seen in Spink auction no 23013 lot no 1015
1903
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 8 rated 3R. Dated 29 August 1903. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
1904
1906
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 8 rated 3R. Dated 1 August 1906. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
1909
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 8 rated 3R. Dated 19 August 1909. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
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Code 9
1891
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 9 rated Common. Dated 20 February 1891. Seen in a private collection
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 9 rated Common. Dated 27 February 1891. Seen in Marius Wytenburg Brisbane GPO Exhibit
1893
1894
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 9 rated Common. Dated 10 January 1894. Seen in Abacus auctions 239 lot no 1738
1895
1897
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 9 rated Common. Dated 2 October 1897. Seen in a private collection
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 9 rated Common. Dated 31 August 1905. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
1909
--------------------------Code 10
1891
1894
1898
1899
1903
1904
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 10 rated Common. Dated 16 August 1904. Seen in a private collection
1907
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 10 rated Common. Dated 27 November 1907. Seen in Phoenix auction no 2192
1908
1909
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 10 rated Common. Dated 7 January 1909. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 10 rated Common. Dated 30 December 1909. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
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Code 11
1892
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 11 rated Common. Dated 13 December 1892. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
1893
1895
1898
1905
1906
1907
1908
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 11 rated Common. Dated 30 May 1908. Seen in a private collection
1909
1910
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Code 12
1894
1896
1897
1901
1902
1903
1904
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 12 rated Common. Dated 28 March 1904. Seen in Phoenix auction no 2189
1905
1906
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 12 rated Common. Dated 27 March 1906. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 12 rated Common. Dated 8 June 1906
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 12 rated Common. Dated 4 July 1906. Seen in a private collection
1907
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Code 13
1897
1898
1899
1903
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex Type 1 Code 13 rated Common. Dated 5 February 1905. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
1907
1910
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Code 14
1909
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Sideface Duplex Type 2 (Framed)
Code 1
1912
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Code 7
1911
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Code 8
1911
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Code 10
1911
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex type 2 Code 10 rated 4R. Dated 15 April 1911
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Code 11
1911
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex type 2 Code 11 rated 4R. Dated 3 May 1911. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
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Code 12
1910
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Unknown Code
1910
Bundaberg Sideface Duplex type 2 Unknown Code rated 4R. Dated November 1910. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group
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Commonwealth Duplex Type 2 (Framed)
Code 8
1913
Bundaberg Commonwealth Duplex Type 2 Code 8 rated 5R. Dated 25 July 1913. Seen in Smithies
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Code 9
1913
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Code 10
1913
Bundaberg Commonwealth Duplex Type 2 Code 10 rated 5R. Dated 3 April 1913. Seen in Smithies
Labels:
148,
Bundaberg,
Commonwealth,
cover,
Duplex,
postage stamp,
postal history,
Queensland
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