Postage stamps and postal history of Queensland

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Queensland, a former British Crown Colony that is now part of Australia.

A railway stamp of Queensland.

First stamps

The first stamps of Queensland were issued on 1 November 1860. Before that, Queensland used the stamps of New South Wales from 1851.[1] All of Queensland's postage stamps portrayed Queen Victoria with the exception of two stamps depicting allegorical figures of Australia (1903, 1907). Between 1 January 1880 and 1 July 1892, revenue stamps of 1866-1892 were authorised for postal use. A significant collection of Queensland stamps is held at the Queensland Museum.[2]

See also

References
  1. Queensland. Archived 2012-03-29 at WebCite Sandafayre Stamp Atlas. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  2. The L'Estrange Queensland Collection

Further reading
  • Campbell, Hugh M. Queensland Cancellations & Other Postal Markings 1860-1913. Melbourne: Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, 1977 161p.
  • Campbell, Hugh M. Queensland Postal History. Melbourne: Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, 1990 326p.
  • Hull, A.F. Basset. The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards and Telegraph Forms of Queensland. London: Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1930 181p.


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