Daily Northern Argus (Rockhampton, Qld.), Tuesday 5
March 1895, page 3
Stamps and Their Origin. The New
Penny Adhesive
A
correspondent writes: The close of the last month has seen more changes in
Queensland stamps than any time since 1880, when something similar occurred. At
the beginning of February this year the Government having apparently ran out of
the usual paper, or, from motives of economy, wishing to use up any old paper
they had remaining in the office, printed the 1d and 2d stamps on the thick
paper used formerly for the 2s to £1 duty postage stamps, the issue of which
has been discontinued on the appearance of a new set of stamps to be used as
duty only. The same thing occurred in 1872, when the duty stamps were printed
on a paper with a moiré on the back, which being discontinued left some of the paper
which was used in 1880 on 1d and 2d postage stamps, which are now respectively
valued at 10s and 14s each. Now the same paper has again appeared on the 1d
stamp, the background of the head having been removed. It was about time the
issue was changed, as it has been running continuously without a change for the
last 13 years.
