The details addressed on this page are:
- the final design of the 1d (6d) stamp;
- the alternative standard issue 1d stamp in 1900;
- details of printing and issue;
- multiples;
- examples of used stamps off cover and a list of recorded date stamps;
- examples of the 1d (6d) stamp used on cover as a single or a multiple and a listing of all recorded covers;
- examples of covers with the 1d (6d) stamp in combination with the 2d (1/-) stamp.
Design of the 1d (1/-) Charity stamp.
The 1d claret was issued to pay the cost of the basic local letter rate.
The design drew heavily on the Union Jack flags and the three Infantry men as shown in the first Essay
The Charity stamp was sold for 6d (6 times the face value) to raise money for the Queensland Patriotic Fund.
The standard 1d. stamp.
The definitive 1d Queensland stamp on standard issue paid the cost of the basic local letter rate.
It was printed in shades of red and featured the Queen's head facing left in an oval.
The design had many variations in terms of shading and the placement of the numerals for the denomination.
From 1897, the stamp with the '1' numeral in all four corners was issued in vermilion to accord with the UPU requirement
that all such stamps to be used for the basic letter rate should be printed in red.
People wishing to send a letter to a local destination therefore had the choice
between these two stamps - depending on whether they wished to pay 6 times the basic letter rate by using the Boer War Hospital Fund stamp.
Details of the printing and issue.
Mint stamps now generally have yellow crackly gum.
Multiples.
The lack of interest in the Queensland issue resulted in few multiples being collected. Consequently multiples are now scarce. The 1d (6d) stamp is known only in small multiples.
- the largest multiples of the stamp as issued is a mint block of 6 with right margin (in the L'Estrange collection of the Queensland Museum).
In private hands, the largest recorded multiples are blocks of 4 (2 known) and a strip of four (1 known); - a strip of three is known but only on a cover.
- another large multiple is a block of 6 which has been Cancelled to Order;
Equal largest multiple.
Provenance:
Millennium Auctions April 2008 Lot 43.
Equal largest multiple.
Provenance:
Prestige Philately September 2011 Lot 242.
Examples of used stamps off cover.
Genuine and readable cancelled examples of the 1d (6d) stamps off cover are scarce. There are at least 15 recorded examples so far.
Details are recorded below. Examples of these cancellations include:
Known date stamps on the 1d (6d) stamp off cover.
- 21 June 1900 at Rockhampton on piece. Prestige August 2004 Lot 617 and Status February 2007 Lot 1567.
- 21 June 1900 at Rockhampton (at 1:45) - single with date stamp slightly smudged, centered vertically but trimed by the right edge
Millennium May 2012 Lot 450; Status Auctions April 2026 Lot 1332. - 22 June 1900 at Charleville complete strike towards the top of the stamp - Ebay January 2015.
- 5 July 1900 at Barcaldine - date stamp is across the left centre and rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Ebay Jan 2018.
- 20 July 1900 at Bundaberg with 148 duplex across a pair - Matthew Bennett February 2003 Lot 574.
- 27 July 1900 at Brisbane - Millennium February 2005 Lot 95 and Status Feb. 2007 Lot 1568.
- 28 July 1900 at Gympie - Status December 2006 Lot 1485 and July 2007 Lot 1684.
- 29 July 1900 at Warwick on a single - Prestige June 2006 Lot 654 and Millennium Nov 2023 Lot 392.
- 15 August 1900 at Townsville on a piece together with a 3d brown - Status February 2012 Lot 1520 and March 2012 Lot 1572 then Ebay January 2018.
- 27 August 1900 at George Street - Status July 2011 Lot 1553, August 2011 Lot 1929 and October 2011 Lot 1575.
- 24 September 1900 at Roma - Ebay.
- 1 October 1900 at Indoropilly - Centered on stamp. Date stamp is unbordered and faint in parts and there are 2 duplex bars at base. Ebay July 2018.
- 6 November 1900 at Stanthorpe - Unbordered. Centered and rotated 45 degrees anticlockwise. Prestige Philately September 2011 Lot 241.
- 5 December 1900 at Gladstone - Status May 2006 Lot 1349.
There are also a number of other stamps with date stamps in 1901 and beyond - including the nice example from Thursday Island on 27 May 1907 shown above.