Queensland Postal Stationery Literature - Ian McMahon. This annotated bibliography first appeared in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group in September 2020
Given the lack of an up-to-date comprehensive catalogue for Queensland Postal Stationery I thought a summary of some of the main references might be helpful. It is not meant to be a comprehensive bibliography. (PSC is the Postal Stationery Collector and most of these references are available on the Postal Stationery Society of Australia Website (postalstationeryaustralia.com). Postal Stationery is the Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society [USA].
Catalogues
Higgins and Gage’s Queensland listings remain the most recent catalogue listing of Queensland and despite its simplified nature, its omissions and its flaws it remains in use by both dealers and collectors. The lettercard listing in particular is seriously flawed and collectors should use the listing in Bill Walton’s articles (see below). The most recent edition was the Ausipex edition in 1984. Earlier catalogue listings can be found in the Robson Lowe and Asher Catalogues: The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps. Robson Lowe Vol. 4, The Empire in Australasia, 1962 and Grosser Ganzsachen-Katalog Siegfried Ascher.
Monographs
Queensland Postal Stationery Phil Collas 1979 (plus corrections and additions published in Philately from Australia – June 1983 pp38 pp, March 1984 20 pp): Collas published a very good account of Queensland postal stationery which is still ‘a must read’ today. Unfortunately, it has no illustrations at all making it difficult to use but the information it contains makes it worth the effort.
The Postal Stationery of Queensland Alan Griffiths published by British Society of Australian Philately 2018: Alan Griffiths formed a very good collection of Queensland postal stationery which went up for sale at Abacus Auctions in February 2020. The collection included a wide range of proofs and essays as well as many rare items of Queensland postal stationery many of which are described and illustrated in the book. Alan’s monograph is the ‘book of the collection’ as he states in his preface, I embark on this in the knowledge that other collectors of this field will no doubt be able to add to the contents, but it is produced in an attempt to provide a more comprehensive listing as a starting point. The monograph draws heavily from, and has extensive quotes from, Collas. It should be read in conjunction with both the printed and (preferably) the online Abacus Auction catalogue: Auction No 240 1 March 2020. See also the review by Wayne Menuz in Postal Stationery March-April 2020 pp 112.
Articles and other resources
Postcards
1909 1d postcard with four line-heading including ‘The address only to be written on this side” (see below): A number of mint and used copies of this postcard are known. See Queensland 1910 Postal Cards Bernie Beston PSC August 2000 pp 39-43
1910 view cards: The views on the view cards have been the subject of many articles in the PSC. The current list of the known views is included on page 101 of this issue. For a discussion of the source of the views see The 1910 1d Queensland Postal View Card Bernie Beston PSC May 2015 pp 42-46
1910 postcard with front as for the view cards but without the view: A number of mint copies and a used copy of this card has been recorded (see 1910 Queensland 1d Printers Imprint Card Bernie Beston PSC February 2008 pp 99-100).
Department of Public Instruction Postcards: See Queensland Postal View Cards Bernie Beston PSC May 2000 pp 4-8 and A New Queensland Postal Card Gary Watson PSC Feb 2010 p 107.
Other articles:
Queensland 1d Rose Post Card of 1889 Carl Stieg Postal Stationery January-February 1988 pp 12
Queensland Postal Stationery Used in British New Guinea Bernie Beston PSC May 2003 pp 16-21
1910 Queensland Scenic Postcards John Sinfield PSC August 1999 pp 53-55
And Now There Are Thirty ... John Sinfield PSC November 1999 pp 67
Australian Rarities: Bisected Queensland Reply Postcards John Sinfield PSC August 1999 pp 55-56
Hand-painted Postal Cards Queensland Bernie Beston PSC February 2000 pp 104-106
1910 Queensland View Cards - New Discoveries PSC November 2003 pp 73-76
1910 Queensland 1d Post Card Bernie Beston PSC February 2010 pp 103-104
Queensland 1904 1d Reply Card Bernie Beston PSC August 2007 pp 70
Bernie Beston PSC November 2003 pp 73-74
Queensland A New Discovery Wayne Menuz Postal Stationery July-August 2003 pp 95
Lettercards
For a listing of the lettercards see:
Lettercards of Queensland Bill Walton Philately from Australia Vol XL (3) September 1988 pp 56-64, Vol XL (4) pp 82-85
A new sequence Hypothesis for Queensland Lettercards Bill Walton Philately from Australia Vol XLII (1) March 1990 pp 23-25
See also:
Queensland Letter Cards Bernie Beston PSC February 2002 pp 99-105
Wrappers
CATALOGUE LISTING: JAN KOSNIOWSKI THE POSTAL STATIONERY NEWSPAPER WRAPPER CATALOGUE PART 2 2019
The 1d wrapper perf ‘OS’: This is considered to be a forgery. See the Review by Wayne Menuz in Postal Stationery March-April 2020 pp 112.
See also:
A Contribution to The Classification of The Queensland Post Office Newspaper Wrappers Issued in The Period 1891-1912
Sybrand J. Bakker PSC August 2006 pp 35-42, PSC November 2006 pp 71-78, PSC February 2007 pp 100-104
Juxtapositional and Textual Varieties Of 1899 1d Carmine/Vermilion Queensland Wrappers John Courtis PSC August 2007 pp 46-51
Varieties Of Queensland 1899 ½D Green Queen Victoria Newspaper Wrapper Professor John K. Courtis, PSC November 2008 pp 69-72
Queensland Wrapper With Inverted Cliché Mark Diserio PSC February 2009 p 114
The 1891 Queensland ½d Green Newspaper Wrapper Jan Kosniowski PSC February 2013 pp 3-13
Guide Marks On Queensland Newspaper Wrappers Jan Kosniowski PSC November 2015 pp 111-117 February 2016 pp 10-17
Queensland Post Office Postal Stationery Wrappers: A Tetralogy About Advertising Connections John Courtis PSC May 2014 pp 50-55
Queensland Wrapper with Private Printing Dave Elsmore PSC February 2005 p 111
STO Envelopes
See also:
Queensland Printed To Private Order Stationery Bernie Beston PSC November 1999 pp 68-72
Queensland PTPO And Post Office Official Envelopes Peter Guerin PSC May 2007 pp 11-15
Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Limited Printed to Private Order Envelopes Bernie Beston PSC August 2007 pp 53-54
The New Zealand Insurance Company & New Zealand Accident Insurance Company Printed To Private Order Envelopes PSC. Nov 2009 pp 72-84
Queensland Stationery Peter Guerin PSC May 2002 pp 3-6
Queensland Postal Stationery Re-Visited Bernie Beston PSC May 2002 pp 6-12
Queensland: The New Zealand Insurance Company & New Zealand Accident
Insurance Company Printed To Private Order Envelopes B. P. Beston PSC. November 2009 pp 72-84
Queensland PTPO Envelope With Inverted Stamp Ian McMahon PSC November 2016 pp 101
Postal Notes
Craig Chappell Queensland Postal Notes PSC November 1998 pp 67-73
Dave Elsmore Queensland Postal Notes 1880-1996 2004
Dave Elsmore Queensland Revenue Stamps on-line catalogue
Registered Envelopes
Queensland King Edward VII Registration Envelopes: Hugh Campbell Philately from Australia March 1993 pp 25;
Mark Diserio Philately from Australia June 1993 44 pp; Bernie Beston Philately from Australia June 1994 pp 37
Queensland Postal Stationery Re-Visited Bernie Beston PSC May 2002 pp 6
Queensland Formular Registered Envelope Bernie Beston and Ian McMahon PSC February 2003 pp 114-115
Wayne Menuz Queensland Registration Envelopes Postal Stationery Volume: 47 Number: 3 Year: 2005 pp 77
Queensland’s Last Registered Envelope Ian McMahon PSC August 2010 pp 40
My Favourite Stationery Ian McMahon Postal Stationery March-April 2016 PSC pp 75
Queensland Specimen and CTO Postal Stationery
Ian McMahon Queensland Specimen and CTO Postal Stationery PSC November 2016 pp 113-114
