Pre-Federation State Stamps – Australian Postal History

Tasmanian Postmarks – Names Found on the Pictorial Series

This article is reproduced from Australian Philately December 1949 I may be excused for continuing with the subject of postmarks,

The Registration Issue stamps were issued by the New South Wales colonial government in 1854, and they were printed in

The first stamps of New South Wales became known in philatetic circles of the times as “The Sydney Stamps”. Below

The 1854 octagonal stamp of the state of Victoria pre-federation Australia was an interesting addition to the Victoria stamps as

Introduction The original diadem issues were decided to be too large to handle in the post offices compared to the

This is the third stamp issued by New South Wales while still a colony of Australia and this stamp has

Victoria continued with its regal depiction of Queen Victoria with an issue depicting her on the throne with columns, crowns

A far more refined portrain of Queen Victoria emerged in the 1855 series of stamps which still depicted Van Diemen’s

The 1858 Perforate Issues of South Australia were the most widely used of the State Stamps of Australia in terms

Queensland became its own state in 1852 after graduating the Moreton Bay District of New South Wales. the 1860 perrforated