QUEENSLAND (Australia) 1860 Issue

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Until 1859 Queensland was a part of New South Wales. It was then named 'Moreton Bay District'. Stamps of New South Wales with cancels of this period are rare, example:

(A '87' barred numeral and a '87' rays cancel, used in Queensland in the Moreton Bay region)

1860 Queen Victoria, imperforated, so-called 'Chalon head' (after the designer)

  1 p red
  2 p blue
  6 p green

These stamps have watermark: 'Large star' (16 mm diameter).

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 p	RR	RR
2 p	RRR	RRR
6 p	RRR	RR

For forgeries of these stamps, see after the 1860 issue.

1860 Queen Victoria, perforated

3 p brown 6 p green 5 Sh red

  1 p red
  1 p orange
  2 p blue
  3 p brown
  4 p lilac
  4 p yellow
  6 p green
  1 Sh violet
  1 Sh grey
  1 Sh brown
  2 Sh blue
  2 Sh 6 p red
  5 Sh red
  5 Sh yellow
  10 Sh brown
  20 Sh red

These stamps exist with two kinds of watermark: 'Large star' (16 mm diameter) and 'Small star' (13 mm diameter). The 'Small star' watermark even exists in two subtypes (normal and truncated star). In 1862 they were pritned locally with no watermark and in 1866 with watermark 'QUEENSLAND POSTAGE STAMPS' (sheet watermark). In 1868 with watermark 'Star QUEENSLAND' (sheet watermark). In 1868 the watermark was changed again to 'Q Crown'. They were printed with various perforations. The higher values were mainly used fiscally (and worth much less when used in this way).

'Q Crown' watermark seen from the backside of a 2 Sh stamp

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Watermark 'Large Star' (1860)
1 p red	RRR	RR
2 p	RR	***
6 p	RR	***
Watermark 'Small Star' (1861)
1 p red	***	***
1 p orange	R	***	Locally printed
2 p	R	***
3 p	***	***
6 p	R	***
1 Sh violet	RR	R	Exists imperforate
No watermark (1862)
1 p orange	R	***
1 p red	RR	R
2 p	R	***
3 p	R	***
4 p lilac	***	***	Lithographed? Value inscription in 3 types
6 p	R	***	Re-issued in 1879 in different shade
1 Sh grey	R	***
1 Sh violet	R	R	Issued 1879, backside with lilac lines perfortion 12
5 Sh red	RR	R	Lithographed? Value inscription in 3 types Fiscally used: ***
Watermark 'QUEENSLAND POSTAGE STAMPS' (1866)
1 p orange	RR	***
2 p	***	**
Watermark 'Star QUEENSLAND' (1868)
1 p orange	R	**	Perforation 12 or 13 Exists imperforate
2 p	***	*	Perforation 12, 13 or 13x12
3 p	R	**	Perforation 12 or 13
6 p	RR	***	Perforation 12 or 13
1 Sh brown	RR	R	Perforation 13
1 Sh violet	RR	***	Perforation 12 or 13
Watermark 'Q Crown', perforated 12 or 13 (1868)
1 p orange	R	**	Shades of colour
2 p	***	*
3 p	***	***
4 p yellow	RR	***	Lithographed? Value inscription in 3 types Shades of colour
6 p	R	**	Shades of colour
1 Sh violet	***	***	Fiscally used: *
2 Sh	***	***	1881, perforation 12
2 Sh 6 p	R	***	1881, perforation 12
5 Sh yellow	***	***	1881, perforation 12
10 Sh	RR	R	1881, perforation 12
20 Sh	RR	R	1881, perforation 12