Slogan - Send Birthday ...

Australia - 1917-1988.
Slogan cancellations: Send Birthday Greetings ... - Brisbane.

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Special aspects

The Send Birthday Greetings ... slogan was used in Brisbane from 19 March 1935 to 26 August 1941.

The seven identified dies used at Brisbane with this slogan:

have a circular date stamp with no box number and QLD at the base; or
have a box date stamp with the number 4;

Within each of these broad types of dies, there are variations.

The date stamp usually had TIME then DAY/MONTH then YEAR.

The listing below is approximately chronological by base inscription and then Code number within that grouping. The following Table provides a guide with hyperlinks:

Shape of date stamp	Words at the base	Code number	Earliest date	Latest date	% of Adelaide Census
Circle	QLD.	None	5 March 1935	19 March 1935	5%
Box	Country Box	4	28 October 1937	3 November 1937	26%
		5	27 November 1934	24 July 1937	5%
	In Country Box	2	20 August 1941	26 August 1941	5%
	Pillars	2	28 October 1937	3 November 1937	33%
	(Die 2B)	7	22 August 1941	26 August 1941	28%
	(Die 4A with fault)	7	20 August 1941	22 August 1941	28%

There are 44 examples of this slogan forBrisbane in the Census.

Datestamp: Circle; Top inscription: BRISBANE. Base inscription: QLD. Characteristics: Die 4A: G is indented to be level with the right side of S. The D (of SEND) is above the first E (of GREETINGS). The N (of ON) begins before the L (of COLOURED). The order of the date slugs is the usual Time/DD-MM/Year. Only recorded date of this format: 5 March 1935. Number in the Census: 1.	5 March1935.
Datestamp: Circle; Top inscription: BRISBANE. Base inscription: QLD. Characteristics: Die 4A: G is indented to be level with the right side of S. The D (of SEND) is above the first E (of GREETINGS). The N (of ON) begins before the L (of COLOURED). The order of the date slugs has been changed to Year/DD-MM/Time. Only recorded date of this format: 19 March 1935. Number in the Census: 1.	19 March 1935.
Datestamp: Box; Number: 4 (4 mm font). Top inscription: BRISBANE/Q'LAND (2nd line in an arc). Base inscription: POSTED/COUNTRY BOX (1st line in an arc). Characteristics: Die 5A: G indented from S. T is on the right sideof R above. N begins just after the L below. Earliest recorded date of this format: 28 October 1937. Latest recorded date of this format: 3 November 1937. Number in the Census: 12.	28 October 1937.
Datestamp: Box; Number: 5 (4 mm font). Top inscription: BRISBANE/Q'LAND (2nd line in an arc). Base inscription: POSTED/COUNTRY BOX (1st line in an arc). Characteristics: Die 3: G starts half way across S. T is under the R. Earliest recorded date of this format: 29 October 1937. Latest recorded date of this format: 30 October 1937. Number in the Census: 2.	29 October 1937.
Datestamp: Box; Number: 5 (7 mm font). Top inscription: BRISBANE/QLD. AUST. Base inscription: POSTED IN/COUNTRY BOX. Characteristics: Die 2B: S and G approximately aligned. O (of ON) extends past C. Earliest recorded date of this format: 20 August 1941. Latest recorded date of this format: 26 August 1941. Number in the Census: 2.	20 August 1941.

Datestamp: Box; Number: 2. Top inscription: BRISBANE/Q'LAND. (2nd line in an arc). Base inscription: POSTED/PILLARS. (1st line in an arc) Characteristics: Die 3: G starts half way across S. T is midway under the R. Earliest recorded date of this format: 28 October 1937. Latest recorded date of this format: 3 November 1937. Number in the Census: 14.	28 October 1937.
Datestamp: Box; Number: 7 (4 mm font). Top inscription: BRISBANE/QLD. AUST. (2nd line in an arc). Base inscription: POSTED/PILLARS. Characteristics: Die 2B: S and G approximately aligned. O (of ON) extends beyond the C below. Earliest recorded date of this format: 20 August 1941. Latest recorded date of this format: 26 August 1941. Number in the Census: 4.	22 August 1941.
Datestamp: Box; Number: 7. Top inscription: BRISBANE/QLD. AUST. Base inscription: POSTED/PILLARS. Characteristics: Die 4A: G is indented to be level with the right side of S. The N (of ON) begins before the L (of COLOURED). Line 1 and Line 5 and complete and clear. Earliest recorded date of this format: 20 August 1941. Latest recorded date of this format: 22 August 1941. Number in the Census: 8.	20 August 1941.
Characteristics: Die 4A: G is indented to be level with the right side of S. The N (of ON) begins before the L (of COLOURED). A progressive fault appeared with this die from 21 August: First signs of a fault appeared at 1:00 am with Line 5 printing faintly. by 12:30 pm that had been corrected although Line 1 was then fainter than it should have been. The situation at 5:30 pm on 21 August is shown at the right - Line 1 is not printed clearly while C of COLOURED in Line 5 is only partially printed. at 1:00 am on 22 August, Line 1 was restored but line 5 was very faint and the C was incomplete. No later examples of the slogan are recorded so it can be inferred that the slogan was withdrawn from use on 22 August 1941.	21 August 1941 - printed at 5:30 pm.