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STAMPS OF QUEENSLAND: Details of Dies.
By Grahame I. Dickson.
I have long been awaiting the new revised list of the stamps
of Queensland by the Royal Society. Time, however, has not yet brought this to
light, and I have, therefore, made out in brief a list of the details of the
dies used during the period 1879-1896. Only the principal details as to
perforations and watermarks have been included, in order to avoid confusion,
and the die marks given can readily be distinguished;
Issue 1879
One Penny.
Type A (line top of
right triangle cuts into oval)
Die I -Right low triangle, curve line thick on right top.
Left low triangle, curve line joins vertical frame-line up.
Die II - Left top triangle, curve line defective, and lines
bottom corner open.
Die III - Left lower triangle, curve line extends up and
joins frame line (in 1 and 3, not in 2 and 4). Right lower triangle, curve line
runs up even.
Die IV - Left lower triangle curve line extends up beyond
triangle, not to frame line. `Right lower curve line runs thick and joins frame
thick.
Type B Triangles
complete (line does not touch oval)
Die I - Left low triangle, curve line joins vertical frame
line up, and vertical line dividing triangle and frame irregular or defective.
Die II - Both low triangles, curve line joins vertical frame
lines down. Right scroll in oval band, piece cut out.
Die III - Left low triangle, bottom line joins vertical frame
line left, horizontal coloured line between frame and triangle clear.
Die IV - Right low triangle, curve line joins horizontal
frame at foot.
Two Pence
Type A
Die I - As die I., Type "A," 1d. value, with T W
furthest apart, and right low triangle, curve line thick right up.
Die II - As die II.,
Type "A", 1d. value.
Die III - As die III. Type "A" ld. value, with right
low triangle joins bottom line in centre.
Die IV - As die IV. Type “A" 1d. value.
Type B
Die I – As die I. Type "B," 1d value, with TW
joined.
Die II - As die II. Type "B" 1d. value, with T W
not joined, O oval, top E (Queensland) curved up. V
Die III – As die III. Type "B" 1d. value, with TW
joined .
Die IV – As Die IV. Type "B" 1d. value with TW
joined
Four Pence - Type B only
Die I - F, nearest scroll, U R widest space, N C (pence)
close.
Die II - FN furthest from scroll, almost joins O C close.
Die III - F, middle bar thick, O, round and thick, U in four
up and curved, N C E equally spaced .
Die IV - F, close scroll, bent back, O wide, N C E equally
spaced.
Six Pence - Type B only
(N.B. - From die II. of 1d. value.)
Die I - S (six), top flat and long, P, upright, stroke
curved, C nearer N than E.
Die II - S (six), top small, P sloping back at top, end
diagonal, C nearer E than N.
Die III - Curve line left low triangle touches oval, dot
below P, P normal and rounded foot, C angular, equally spaced.
Die IV - Frame lines touch over Q and E, S tail flat, C
nearer N than E, P normal, end square. .
One Shilling - Type B only
(N .B. - Die II. of 1d. value: Remodelled.)
Die I - Value near left scroll, O, large and oval, touches
line below, S long tail.
Die II - H in value runs up into oval, second L likewise, 0
small and round.
Die III - S, top
small, O small and oval, E low, bar long.
Die IV - Value furthest from left scroll, 0 cuts oval line
above, NG close.
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