The list below records the clear date stamps on the 2½d (2/6) 1897 Victorian Charity stamp.
Faint, smudged and incomplete date stamps are not included because of the difficulty in ascertaining their degree of genuineness.
CTO cancellations are discussed elsewhere.
The known covers of the 2½d (2/6) 1897 Victorian Charity stamp used as a single or multiple franking on cover are listed elsewhere.
1. Date stamps on 2½d (2/6) stamps.
| Date on stamp | From | Notes | Seller/Reference & Date (lot) |
| 19 October 1897 | Crowlands | Three days before official issue. | Status February 2003 Lot 1587. |
| 22 October 1897 | Melbourne | Day of issue (CTO). | Status July 2013 Lot 1837. |
| 25 October 1897 | Abbotsford A1 | Three days after issue. | Richard Juzwin September 2013. |
| 25 October 1897 | Ballarat | Philately Unlimited, May 2014. | |
| 2 November 1897 | Melbourne 80 | Blue Owl November 2013. | |
| 10 August 1903 | Melbourne | Status March 2013 Lot 2007. | |
| 15 Sept. (?) 1905 | Yarraville (?) | Ebay May 2018. | |
| 22 January 1909 | Ballarat | Status January 2002 Lot 1306; Ebay November 2013. |
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| 11 March 1911 | Skipton | Ebay | |
| 6 January 1912 | Wangaratta. | ACE Stamp Auctions November 2013 Lot 1579. |