Tasmania - State Stamps 1853 - 1910 A  Simplified  Listing Revised: 30 December 2025 TASMANIA  Originally called: Van Diemen's Land Stamps are consecutively numbered Tasmania Courier Stamps: So called as these stamps were printed by the Courier Newspaper in Hobart 1853/1854 - Imperforate Stamps. 1 1d.  Blue Stamp type T1 2 4d.  Orange Stamp type T2 Tasmania Chalon Heads: The name is based on a portrait painted by Alfred Chalon 1855/1864 - Imperforate Stamps. 3 1d.  Red Stamp type T3 4 2d.  Green Stamp type T3 5 4d.  Blue Stamp type T3 6 6d.  Purple Stamp type T4 7 1s.  Orange Stamp type T5 Tasmania Chalon Heads 1864/1880 - Perforated, Rouletted, & Pin-perforated Stamps. 8 1d.  Red Stamp type T3 9 2d.  Green Stamp type T3 10 4d.  Blue Stamp type T3 11 6d.  Purple Stamp type T4 12 1s.  Orange Stamp type T5 Tasmania Sidefaces: A new design prepared by De La Rue & Co., UK. 1870/1913 - Perforated Stamps. 13 ½d.  Orange Stamp type T6 14 1d.  Red Stamp type T6 15 1d.  Pink Stamp type T6 16 2d.  Green Stamp type T6 17 3d.  Brown Stamp type T6 18 4d.  Blue Stamp type T6 19 4d.  Yellow Stamp type T6 20 4d.  Buff TAS Stamp type 6 21 8d.  Purple Stamp type T6 22 9d.  Blue Stamp type T6 23 10d.  Black Stamp type T6 24 5s.  Mauve Stamp type T6 Tasmania Sideface Surcharges 1889/1891 - Perforated Stamps. 25 "Halfpenny" on 1d.  Red Stamp type T8 26 "d./2½"  on 9d.  Blue Stamp type T8 Tasmania Tablets: So called due to the value being inscribed within a tablet or plaque 1892/1913 - Perforated Stamps. 27 ½d.  Orange & Mauve Stamp type T7 28 2½d.  Purple Stamp type T8 29 5d.  Blue & Brown Stamp type T7 30 6d.  Violet & Black Stamp type T7 31 10d.  Lake & Green Stamp type T9 32 1s.  Rose & Green Stamp type T7 33  2s6d.  Brown & Blue Stamp type T7 34 5s.  Purple & Red Stamp type T7 35 10s.  Mauve & Brown Stamp type T7 36 £1.  Green & Yellow Stamp type T7 Tasmania Pictorials: The first Australian stamps to specifically depict local scenery 1899/1912 - Perforated Stamps. 37 ½d.  Green Stamp type T10 38 1d.  Red Stamp type T11 39 2d.  Violet Stamp type T12 40 2½d.  Deep Blue Stamp type T13 41 3d.  Brown Stamp type T14 42 4d.  Orange Stamp type T15 43 5d.  Blue Stamp type T16 44 6d.  Lake Stamp type T17 Tasmania Tablet: Surcharged in Figures 1904 - Perforated Stamps. 45 "1½d." on 5d.  Blue & Brown Stamp type T7 Tasmania Pictorial: Surcharged in Words 1912 - Perforated Stamps. 46 "ONE PENNY" on 2d.  Violet Stamp type T12 TO STAMP LIST MENU     BACK TO TOP     TO NEXT STATE