Tasmania Originally Van Diemen's Land
Stamps consecutively numbered |
1853 COURIER Types Imperforate
These stamps were printed at the Courier Newspaper in Hobart |
1 - 1d. Blue
TAS Type 1
Imperforate |
2 - 4d. Orange
TAS Type 2
Imperforate |
|
1 - 1d. Blue
2 - 4d. Orange |
1855-1867 CHALON HEAD Imperforate
So-called as the design is based on a portrait painted by Alfred Chalon |
3 - 1d. Red
TAS Type 3
Imperforate |
4 - 1d. Brown
TAS Type 3
Imperforate |
5 - 2d. Green
TAS Type 3
Imperforate |
6 - 4d. Blue
TAS Type 3
Imperforate |
7 - 6d. Grey
TAS Type 4
Imperforate |
8 - 6d. Purple
TAS Type 4
Imperforate |
9 - 1s. Orange
TAS Type 5
Imperforate |
|
3 - 1d. Red
4 - 1d. Brown
5 - 2d. Green
6 - 4d. Blue
7 - 6d. Grey
8 - 6d. Purple
9 - 1s. Orange |
1864-1880 CHALON HEAD Perforated
Also issued Rouletted & Pin-perforated |
10 - 1d. Red
TAS Type 3
Perforate |
11 - 2d. Green
TAS Type 3
Perforate |
12 - 4d. Blue
TAS Type 3
Perforate |
14 - 6d. Purple
TAS Type 4
Perforate |
13 - 6d. Grey
TAS Type 4
Perforate |
15 - 1s. Orange
TAS Type 5
Perforate |
|
10 - 1d. Red
11 - 2d. Green
12 - 4d. Blue
13 - 6d. Grey
14 - 6d. Purple
15 - 1s. Orange |
1870-1913 SIDEFACE
A new design prepared by De La Rue & Co., UK |
16 - ½d. Orange
TAS Type 6 |
17 - 1d. Red
TAS Type 6 |
18 - 2d. Green
TAS Type 6 |
19 - 3d. Brown
TAS Type 6 |
20 - 4d. Blue
TAS Type 6 |
21 - 4d. Yellow
TAS Type 6 |
22 - 4d. Bistre
TAS Type 6
23 - 8d. Purple
TAS Type 6 |
24 - 9d. Blue
TAS Type 6 |
25 - 10d. Black
TAS Type 6 |
26 - 5s. Mauve
TAS Type 6 |
|
16 - ½d. Orange
17 - 1d. Red
18 - 2d. Green
19 - 3d. Brown
20 - 4d. Blue
21 - 4d. Yellow
22 - 4d. Bistre
23 - 8d. Purple
24 - 9d. Blue
25 - 10d. Black
26 - 5s. Mauve |
1882 FISCAL STAMPS IMPERFORATE Printed 1863/4
Fiscal stamps authorised for postal use between 1 Nov. 1882 to 30 June 1901 |
27 - 3d. Green
TAS Type 7
Imperforate |
28 - 2s6d. Carmine
TAS Type 8
Imperforate |
29 - 5s. Green
TAS Type 9
Imperforate |
30 - 5s. Brown
TAS Type 9
Imperforate |
31 - 10s. Orange
TAS Type 10
Imperforate |
|
27 - 3d. Green
28 - 2s6d. Carmine
29 - 5s. Green
30 - 5. Brown |
| 1882 FISCAL STAMPS PERFORATE Printed 1864 |
32 - 3d. Green
TAS Type 7
Perforate |
33 - 2s6d. Carmine
TAS Type 8
Perforate |
34 - 5s. Green
TAS Type 9
Perforate |
35 - 5s. Brown
TAS Type 9
Perforate |
36 - 10s. Orange
TAS Type 10
Perforate |
|
32 - 3d. Green
33 - 2s6d. Carmine
34 - 5s. Green
35 - 5s. Brown
36 - 10s. Orange |
| 1882 FISCAL STAMPS Printed 1880 |
37 - 1d. Slate
TAS Type 11
Platypus |
38 - 3d. Brown
TAS Type 11
Platypus |
39 - 6d. Mauve
TAS Type 11
Platypus |
40 - 1s. Pink
TAS Type 11
Platypus |
|
37 - 1d. Slate
38 - 3d. Brown
39 - 6d. Mauve
40 - 1s. Pink |
1889-1891 SIDEFACE SURCHARGES
|
41 - "Halfpenny" on 1d. Red
TAS Type 12
Perforate |
42 - "2½d."' on 9d. Blue
TAS Type 13
Perforate |
|
41 - "Halfpenny" on 1d. Red
42 - "2½d."' on 9d. Blue |
1892 TABLET
This issue referred to as Tablets due to the value being inscribed within a
tablet or plaque
|
43 - ½d. Orange & Mauve
TAS Type 14 |
44 - 2½d. Purple
TAS Type 15 |
45 - 5d. Blue & Brown
TAS Type 14 |
46 - 6d. Purple & Black
TAS Type 14 |
47 - 10d. Lake & Green
TAS Type 16 |
48 - 1s. Rose & Green
TAS Type 14 |
49 - 2s6d. Brown & Blue
TAS Type 14 |
50 - 5s. Lilac & Red
TAS Type 14 |
51 - 10s. Mauve & Brown
TAS Type 14 |
52 - £1. Green & Yellow
TAS Type 14 |
|
43 - ½d. Orange & Mauve
44 - 2½d. Purple
45 - 5d. Blue & Brown
46 - 6d. Purple & Black
47 - 10d. Lake & Green
48 - 1s. Rose & Green
49 - 2s6d. Brown & Blue
50 - 5s. Lilac & Red
51 - 10s. Mauve & Brown
52 - £1. Green & Yellow |
1899-1912 PICTORIALS
The first Australian stamps to specifically depict local scenery |
53 - ½d. Green
TAS Type 17
Lake Marion |
54 - 1d. Red
TAS Type 18
Mount Wellington |
55 - 2d. Violet
TAS Type 19
View of early Hobart |
56 - 2½d. Blue
TAS Type 20
Tasman's Arch |
57 - 3d. Brown
TAS Type 21
Spring River |
58 - 4d. Orange
TAS Type 22
Russell Falls |
59 - 5d. Blue
TAS Type 23
Lake St. Clair |
60 - 6d. Lake
TAS Type 24
Dilston Falls |
|
53 - ½d. Green
54 - 1d. Red
55 - 2d. Violet
56 - 2½d. Blue
57 - 3d. Brown
58 - 4d. Orange
59 - 5d. Blue
60 - 6d. Lake |
| 1888-1900 POSTAL & FISCAL STAMPS Overprinted "REVENUE" |
61 - 2s6d. Carmine
Imperforate
TAS Type 8
St. George & the Dragon |
62 - 1d. Blue
TAS Type 11
Platypus |
63 - 2d. Brown
TAS Type 11
Platypus |
64 - 3d. Brown
TAS Type 11
Platypus |
65 - 6d. Mauve
TAS Type 11
Platypus |
66 - 1s. Pink
TAS Type 11
Platypus |
67 - 2s6d. Carmine
TAS Type 8
St. George & the Dragon |
68 - 10s. Orange
TAS Type 10
St. George & the Dragon |
69 - £1. Green & Yellow
TAS Type 14
Tablet stamp 52 overprinted |
|
61 - 2s6d. Carmine (Imperf.)
62 - 1d. Blue
63 - 2d. Brown
64 - 3d. Brown
65 - 6d. Mauve
66 - 1s. Pink
67 - 2s6d. Carmine
68 - 10s. Orange
69 - £1. Green & Yellow |
1904 TABLET SURCHARGE
|
70 - "1½d." on 5d. Blue & Brown
TAS Type 25 |
70 - "1½d." on 5d. Blue & Brown |
1912 PICTORIAL SURCHARGE
|
71 - "ONE PENNY" on 2d. Violet
Red Opt.
TAS Type 26
Dilston Falls |
71 - "ONE PENNY" on 2d. Violet (Red Opt.) |