Victoria Australian Colonies (State) Stamps Stamp Reference Numbers & Shades are from Brusden-White's 1990 Section A Update to their 1988 Loose Leaf Catalogue Other States:   NSW   QLD   SA   TAS   WA  Updated: 15 October 2021 VICTORIA Stamps consecutively numbered 1850-1852    HALF LENGTH No Frame Lines  Imperforate   1 - 1d. Vermilion  (shades) VIC Type 1 Imperforate 2 - 1d. Brown  (shades) VIC Type 1 Imperforate 3 - 2d. Lilac-Grey VIC Type 1 Imperforate 4 - 2d. Brown-Lilac VIC Type 1 Imperforate 5 - 3d. Blue VIC Type 1 Imperforate 1 - 1d. Vermilion 2 - 1d. Brown 3 - 2d. Lilac-Grey 4 - 2d. Brown-Lilac 5 - 3d. Blue 1850-1856    HALF LENGTH  With Frame Lines  Imperforate 6 - 1d. Red VIC Type 1 Imperforate 7 - 1d. Brown VIC Type 1 Imperforate 8 - 2d. Lilac to Grey VIC Type 1 Imperforate 9 - 2d. Brownish Shades VIC Type 1 Imperforate 10 - 3d. Blue VIC Type 1 Imperforate 6   - 1d. Red 7   - 1d. Brown 8   - 2d. Lilac to Grey 9   - 2d. Brownish Shades 10 - 3d. Blue 1852-1854    QUEEN ON THRONE   Imperforate 11 - 2d. Brown to Purple-Brown VIC Type 2 Imperforate 11 - 2d. Brown to Purple-Brown 1854-1859     WOOD BLOCK  Imperforate "Wood blocks" refer to designs hand-carved into blocks of "Turkish boxwood” by Samuel Calvert 12 - 6d. Orange VIC Type 3 Imperforate 12 - 6d. Orange 1854-1865    WOOD BLOCK  Imperforate 13 - 1/-. Blue VIC Type 4 Imperforate 13 - 1/-. Blue 1854-1859     WOOD BLOCK  Imperforate 14 - 2/-. Green VIC Type 3 Imperforate 14 - 2/-. Green 1854    REGISTRATION Imperforate 15 - 1/-. Red & Blue VIC Type 5 Imperforate 15 - 1/-. Red & Blue 1855    TOO LATE  Imperforate 16 - 6d. Lilac & Green VIC Type 6 Imperforate 16 - 6d. Lilac & Green 1856    QUEEN ON THRONE  Imperforate 17 - 1d. Green VIC Type 7 Imperforate 17 - 1d. Green 1856-1857    PREVIOUS ISSUES  Rouletted 18 - 3d. Blue HALF-LENGTH VIC Type 1 Roulette 19 - 6d. Orange WOOD BLOCK VIC Type 3 Roulette 20 - 6d. Blue QUEEN ON THRONE VIC Type 7 Roulette 21 - 1/-. Blue WOOD BLOCK VIC Type 4 Roulette 22 - 1/-. Red & Blue REGISTRATION VIC Type 5 Roulette 23 - 2/-. Green WOOD BLOCK VIC Type 3 Roulette 18 - 3d. Blue 19 - 6d. Orange 20 - 6d. Blue 21 - 1/-. Blue 22 - 1/-. Red & Blue 23 - 2/-. Green 1858-1881    PREVIOUS ISSUES  Perforated 24 - 3d. Blue HALF LENGTH VIC Type 1 Perforated 25 - 6d. Black WOOD BLOCK VIC Type 3 Perforated 26 - 1/-. Blue WOOD BLOCK VIC Type 4 Perforated 27 - 2/-. Green WOOD BLOCK VIC Type 3 Perforated 28 - 2/-. Blue/ Green WOOD BLOCK VIC Type 3 Perforated 24 - 3d. Blue 25 -  6d. Black 26 - 1/-. Blue 27 - 2/-. Green 28 - 2/-. Blue/ Green 1857-1860    'EMBLEMS'  Imperforate Emblems are the small images of farming, shipping, building trades, and mining in the stamp corners 29 - 1d. Green VIC Type 8 Imperf. 30 - 2d. Lilac VIC Type 8 Imperf. 31 - 4d. Red VIC Type 8 Imperf. 29 - 1d. Green 30 - 2d. Lilac 31 - 4d. Red 1857-1860    'EMBLEMS'  Roulette 32 - 1d. Red VIC Type 8 Roulette 33 - 2d. Lilac VIC Type 8 Roulette 34 - 4d. Red VIC Type 8 Roulette 32 - 1d. Red 33 - 2d. Lilac 34 - 4d. Red 1857-1860    'EMBLEMS'  Perforated 35 - 1d. Green VIC Type 8 Perforated 36 - 2d. Lilac VIC Type 8 Perforated 37 - 2d. Slate-Grey VIC Type 8 Perforated 38 - 4d. Red VIC Type 8 Perforated 35 - 1d. Green 36 - 2d. Lilac 37 - 2d. Slate-Grey 38 - 4d. Red 1860-1866    'BEADED OVALS' The inner oval design comprises circular Beads within two oval outlines 39 - 3d. Blue VIC Type 9 Perforated 40 - 3d. Claret VIC Type 9 Perforated 41 - 4d. Red VIC Type 9 Imperf., Perf., Roul. 42 - 6d. Orange VIC Type 9 Perforated 43 - 6d. Black VIC Type 9 Perforated 39 - 3d. Blue 40 - 3d. Claret 41 - 4d. Red  (Imperf., Perf., Roul.) 42 - 6d. Orange 43 - 6d. Black 1861-1863    'NETTED CORNERS' A net mesh design replaced the emblems at the stamp corners 44 - 1d. Green VIC Type 10 44 - 1d. Green 1862-1865    'SIXPENCE' 45 - 6d. Grey VIC Type 11 46 - 6d. Black VIC Type 11 45 - 6d. Grey 46 - 6d. Black 1863-1901    'LAUREATE' Series So called due to the Laurel Wreath worn on the Queen's head 47 - 1d. Green VIC Type 12 48 - 2d. Grey VIC Type 12 49 - 2d. Lilac VIC Type 12 50 - 2d. Lilac/ Lilac VIC Type 12 51 - 3d. Lilac VIC Type 13 52 - 3d. Orange to Orange-Yellow VIC Type 13 53 - 4d. Red VIC Type 12 54 - 6d. Blue VIC Type 14 55 - 6d. Green VIC Type 14 56 - 8d. Orange VIC Type 12 57 - 8d. Brown/ Pink VIC Type 12 58 - 10d. Grey VIC Type 14 59 - 10d. Brown/ Pink VIC Type 14 60 - 1/-. Blue/ Blue VIC Type 15 61 - 5/-. Blue/ Yellow VIC Type 16 62 - 5/-. Blue & Red VIC Type 17 63 - 5/-. Red & Blue VIC Type 17 47 - 1d. Green 48 - 2d. Grey 49 - 2d. Lilac 50 - 2d. Lilac/ Lilac 51 - 3d. Lilac 52 - 3d. Orange to Orange-Yellow 53 - 4d. Red 54 - 6d. Blue 55 - 6d. Green 56 - 8d. Orange 57 - 8d. Brown/ Pink 58 - 10d. Grey 59 - 10d. Brown/ Pink 60 - 1/-. Blue/ Blue 61 - 5/-. Blue/ Yellow 62 - 5/-. Blue & Red 63 - 5/-. Red & Blue 1870    'TWO PENCE' 64 - 2d. Lilac VIC Type 18 64 - 2d. Lilac 1871-1873    PROVISIONAL SURCHARGES 65 - '½ HALF ½' on 1d. Green VIC Type 19 66 - '9 NINEPENCE 9' on 10d. Brown VIC Type 20 65 - '½ HALF ½' on 1d. Green 66 - '9 NINEPENCE 9' on 10d. Brown 1873-1896    "BELL" DESIGNS Bell, and later Bell & Naish designed most of the issues during this later period 67 - ½d. Red VIC Type 21  68 - ½d. Red/ Pink VIC Type 21 69 - ½d. Green VIC Type 21 70 - 1d. Green VIC Type 22  71 - 1d. Green/ Yellow VIC Type 22 72 - 1d. Green/ Grey VIC Type 22  73 - 2d. Mauve Die I - Single lined oval VIC Type 23  74 - 2d. Mauve Die II - Double lined oval VIC Type 23  75 - 2d. Mauve/ Green VIC Type 23  76 - 2d. Mauve/ Lilac  VIC Type 23  77 - 2d. Mauve/ Brown VIC Type 23  78 - 9d. Brown/ Pink  VIC Type 24 79 - 9d. Green VIC Type 24 80 - 9d. Red VIC Type 24 81 - 1/-. Blue/ Blue VIC Type 25  82 - 1/-. Yellow  VIC Type 25  67 - ½d. Red 68 - ½d. Red/ Pink 69 - ½d. Green 70 - 1d. Green 71 - 1d. Green/ Yellow 72 - 1d. Green/ Grey 73 - 2d. Mauve  (Die I - single lined oval) 74 - 2d. Mauve  (Die II - Double lined oval) 75 - 2d. Mauve/ Green 76 - 2d. Mauve/ Lilac 77 - 2d. Mauve/ Brown 78 - 9d. Brown/ Pink 79 - 9d. Green 80 - 9d. Red 81 - 1/-. Blue/ Blue 82 - 1/-. Yellow 1876    PROVISIONAL 83 - '8d EIGHTPENCE 8d' on 9d. Brown/ Pink VIC Type 26 83 - '8d EIGHTPENCE 8d' on 9d. Brown/ Pink 1880-1884    "NAISH & BELL" DESIGNS 84 - 1d. Green VIC Type 27  85 - 2d. Brown VIC Type 28  86 - 2d. Mauve VIC Type 28  87 - 4d. Red VIC Type 29  88 - 4d. Yellow VIC Type 29 89 - 2/-. Blue/ Green VIC Type 30 90 - 2/-. Blue/ Pink VIC Type 30  84 - 1d. Green 85 - 2d. Brown 86 - 2d. Mauve 87 - 4d. Red 88 - 4d. Yellow 89 - 2/-. Blue/ Green 90 - 2/-. Blue/ Pink 1884    'STAMP STATUTE' Distributed for postage from 1st January 1884 until 23rd April 1884, but valid for use until 30th June 1901 91 - ½ HALF on 1d. Green VIC Type 31 92 - 1d. Green VIC Type 32 93 - 3d. Mauve VIC Type 33 94 - 4d. Red VIC Type 34 95 - 6d. Blue VIC Type 35 96 - 1/-. Blue/ Blue VIC Type 36 97 - 2/-. Blue/ Green VIC Type 37 98 - 2/6. Orange-Yellow VIC Type 38 99 - 5/-. Blue/ Yellow VIC Type 39 100 - 10/-. Brown/ Rose VIC Type 40 101 - £1. Mauve/ Yellow VIC Type 41   102 - £5. Black & Green VIC Type 42 91 - '½ HALF ½' on 1d. Green 92 - 1d. Green 93 - 3d. Mauve 94 - 4d. Red 95 - 6d. Blue 96 - 1/-. Blue/ Blue 97 - 2/-. Blue/ Green 98 - 2/6. Orange-Yellow 99 - 5/-. Blue/ Yellow 100 - 10/-. Brown/ Rose 101 - £1. Mauve/ Yellow 102 - £5. Black & Green 1884    'STAMP DUTY' 103 - 1d. Green VIC Type 43 104 - 1d. Olive VIC Type 44 105 - 6d. Blue VIC Type 45 106 - 1/-. Blue/ Blue VIC Type 46  107 - 1/-. Blue/ Yellow VIC Type 46 108 - 1/6. Pink VIC Type 47  109 - 2/-. Blue/ Green VIC Type 48  110 - 2/6. Orange VIC Type 49 111 - 2/6. Yellow VIC Type 49 112 - 3/-. Purple/ Blue VIC Type 50 113 - 3/-. Olive VIC Type 50 114 - 4/-. Orange VIC Type 51 115 - 5/-. Purple/ Yellow VIC Type 52 116 - 5/-. Carmine/ Yellow VIC Type 52  118 - 6/-. Green VIC Type 53 117 - 5/-. Scarlet VIC Type 52  119 - 10/-. Brown/ Pink VIC Type 54 120 - 10/-. Green VIC Type 54 121 - 15/-. Mauve VIC Type 55  122 - 15/-. Brown VIC Type 55  123 - £1. Orange/ Yellow VIC Type 56 124 - £1/5/-. Pink VIC Type 57 125 - £1/10/-. Olive VIC Type 58  126 - 35/-. Mauve VIC Type 59    127 - £2. Blue VIC Type 60 128 - 45/-. Violet VIC Type 61 129 - £5. Rose-Pink VIC Type 62  130 - £6. Blue/ Pink VIC Type 63  131 - £7. Purple/ Blue VIC Type 64   132 - £8. Scarlet/ Yellow VIC Type 65 133 - £9. Green/ Green VIC Type 66    134 - £10. Mauve VIC Type 67  135 - £25. Green VIC Type 68    136 - £50. Violet VIC Type 69 137 - £100. Red VIC Type 70  103 - 1d. Green 104 - 1d. Olive 105 - 6d. Blue 106 - 1/-. Blue/ Blue 107 - 1/-. Blue/ Yellow 108 - 1/6. Pink 109 - 2/-. Blue/ Green 110 - 2/6. Orange 111 - 2/6. Yellow 112 - 3/-. Purple/ Blue 113 - 3/-. Olive 114 - 4/-. Orange 115 - 5/-. Purple/ Yellow 116 - 5/-. Carmine/ Yellow 117 - 5/-. Scarlet 118 - 6/-. Green 119 - 10/-. Brown/ Pink 120 - 10/-. Green 121 - 15/-. Mauve 122 - 15/-. Brown 123 - £1. Orange/ Yellow 124 - £1/5/-. Pink 125 - £1/10/-. Olive 126 - 35/-. Mauve 127 - £2. Blue 128 - 45/-. Violet 129 - £5. Rose-Pink 130 - £6. Blue/ Pink 131 - £7. Purple/ Blue 132 - £8. Scarlet/ Yellow 133 - £9. Green/ Green 134 - £10. Mauve 135 - £25. Green 136 - £50. Violet 137 - £100. Red 1884-1901    'STAMP DUTY' 138 - ½d. Red VIC Type 71  139 - 1d. Green   VIC Type 72 140 - 2d. Mauve VIC Type 73 141 - 3d. Yellow-Brown VIC Type 72 142 - 3d. Green VIC Type 72 143 - 4d. Magenta VIC Type 74 143A - 4d. Lilac Printing Error VIC Type 74 144 - 6d. Blue VIC Type 72  145 - 8d. Red/ Pink VIC Type 75   146 - 1/-. Blue/ Yellow VIC Type 73    147 - 2/-. Olive/ Green VIC Type 75   148 - 2/-. Green VIC Type 75 138 - ½d. Red 139 - 1d. Green 140 - 2d. Mauve 141 - 3d. Yellow-Brown 142 - 3d. Green 143 - 4d. Magenta 143A - 4d. Lilac  (Printing Error) 144 - 6d. Blue 145 - 8d. Red/ Pink 146 - 1/-. Blue/ Yellow 147 - 2/-. Olive/ Green 148 - 2/-. Green 1885    'STAMP DUTY' OVERPRINT 149 - 3d. Yellow-Orange Blue Overprint VIC Type 13  150 - 4d. Red Blue Overprint VIC Type 29  151 - 1/-. Blue/ Blue Blue Overprint VIC Type 25  152 - 1/-. Blue/ Blue Black Overprint VIC Type 25  153 - 2/-. Blue/ Blue Black Overprint VIC Type 30 149 - 3d. Yellow-Orange  (Blue Opt.) 150 - 4d. Red  (Blue Opt.) 151 - 1/-. Blue/ Blue  (Blue Opt.) 152 - 1/-. Blue/ Blue (Black Opt.) 153 - 2/-. Blue/ Blue  (Black Opt.) 1886-1897    'STAMP DUTY' Inscribed 154 - ½d. Lilac VIC Type 76 155 - ½d. Red VIC Type 76  156 - ½d. Green VIC Type 76 157 - 1d. Green VIC Type 77  158 - 2d. Lilac VIC Type 78 159 - 4d. Red VIC Type 79 160 - 6d. Blue VIC Type 80 161 - 1/-. Purple-Brown  VIC Type 81 162 - 1/-. Red  VIC Type 81  163 - 1/6. Blue   VIC Type 82 164 - 1/6. Orange VIC Type 82 154 - ½d. Lilac 155 - ½d. Red 156 - ½d. Green 157 - 1d. Green 158 - 2d. Lilac 159 - 4d. Red 160 - 6d. Blue 161 - 1/-. Purple-Brown 162 - 1/-. Red 163 - 1/6. Blue 164 - 1/6. Orange 1887-1890    STAMP DUTY  High Values 165 - £5. Blue & Brown-Purple VIC Type 83  166 - £6. Yellow & Blue VIC Type 84 167 - £7. Red & Black VIC Type 85  168 - £8. Lilac & Orange VIC Type 86 169 - £9. Green & Red VIC Type 87  165 - £5. Blue & Brown-Purple 166 - £6. Yellow & Blue 167 - £7. Red & Black 168 - £8. Lilac & Orange 169 - £9. Green & Red 1890-1900    INSCRIBED 'STAMP DUTY' (Except 1½d.) 170 - 1d. Brown/ Rose VIC Type 88 171 - 1d. Brown to Yellow VIC Type 88   172 - 1d. Red VIC Type 88    173 - 1d. Olive VIC Type 88 174 - 1½d. Green VIC Type 89    175 - 1½d. Red/ Yellow VIC Type 89 176 - 2½d. Red/ Yellow VIC Type 90     177 - 2½d. Blue VIC Type 90  178 - 5d. Brown VIC Type 91  170 - 1d. Brown/ Rose 171 - 1d. Brown to Yellow 172 - 1d. Red 173 - 1d. Olive 174 - 1½d. Green 175 - 1½d. Red/ Yellow 176 - 2½d. Red/ Yellow 177 - 2½d. Blue 178 - 5d. Brown 1897    HOSPITAL FUND 179 - 1d. (1/-) Blue  VIC Type 92 180 - 2½d. (2/6) Brown VIC Type 93  179 - 1d. (1/-) Blue 180 - 2½d. (2/6) Brown 1900    BOER WAR PATRIOTIC FUND 181 - 1d. (1/-) Brown VIC Type 94    182 - 2d. (2/-) Green VIC Type 95 181 - 1d. (1/-) Brown 182 - 2d. (2/-) Green 1901-1912    COMMONWEALTH PERIOD  Inscribed "POSTAGE' 183 - ½d. Green  VIC Type 96    184 - 1d. Red  VIC Type 97 185 - 1½d. Red/ Yellow VIC Type 98     186 - 2d. Mauve VIC Type 99 187 - 2½d. Blue VIC Type 100  188 - 3d. Orange-Brown VIC Type 101 189 - 3d. Yellowish Brown VIC Type 101  190 - 4d. Olive VIC Type 102 191 - 5d. Brown VIC Type 103    192 - 6d. Green VIC Type 104 193 - 9d. Red VIC Type 105 194 - 1/-. Orange VIC Type 106 195 - 1/-. Yellow VIC Type 106  196 - 2/-. Blue/ Pink VIC Type 107  197 - 5/-. Red & Blue VIC Type 108 198 - £1. Red VIC Type 109 199 - £2. Blue VIC Type 110 183 - ½d. Green 184 - 1d. Red  185 - 1½d. Red/ Yellow 186 - 2d. Mauve 187 - 2½d. Blue 188 - 3d. Brown 189 - 3d. Yellow 190 - 4d. Olive 191 - 5d. Brown 192 - 6d. Green 193 - 9d. Red 194 - 1/-. Orange 195 - 1/-. Yellow 196 - 2/-. Blue/ Pink 197 - 5/-. Red & Blue 198 - £1. Red 199 - £2. Blue 1912    SURCHARGE 200 - 'ONE PENNY' on 2d. Mauve VIC Type 111 200 - 'ONE PENNY' on 2d. Mauve 1890-1895    POSTAGE DUE D1 - ½d. Blue & Brown VIC Type D1 D2 - 1d. Blue & Brown  VIC Type D1 D3 - 2d. Blue & Brown VIC Type D1 D4 - 4d. Blue & Brown VIC Type D1 D5 - 5d. Blue & Brown VIC Type D1 D6 - 6d. Blue & Brown VIC Type D1 D7 - 10d. Blue & Brown VIC Type D1 D8 - 1/-. Blue & Brown VIC Type D1 D9 - 2/-. Blue & Brown  VIC Type D1   D10 - 5/-. Blue & Brown VIC Type D1 D1 - ½d. Blue &  Brown D2 - 1d. Blue &  Brown D3 - 2d. Blue &  Brown D4 - 4d. Blue &  Brown D5 - 5d. Blue &  Brown D6 - 6d. Blue &  Brown D7 - 10d. Blue &  Brown D8 - 1/-. Blue &  Brown D9 - 2/-. Blue &  Brown D10 - 5/-. Blue &  Brown 1895-1907    POSTAGE DUE D11 - ½d. Red & Green VIC Type D2 D12 - 1d. Red & Green VIC Type D2 D13 - 2d. Red & Green VIC Type D2 D14 - 4d. Red & Green VIC Type D2 D15 - 5d. Red & Green VIC Type D2 D16 - 6d. Red & Green VIC Type D2   D17 - 10d. Red & Green VIC Type D2 D18 - 1/-. Red & Green VIC Type D2   D19 - 2/-. Red & Green VIC Type D2 D20 - 5/-. Red & Green VIC Type D2 D11 - ½d. Red & Green D12 - 1d. Red & Green D13 - 2d. Red & Green D14 - 4d. Red & Green D15 - 5d. Red & Green D16 - 6d. Red & Green D17 - 10d. Red & Green D18 - 1/-. Red & Green D19 - 2/-. Red & Green D20 - 5/-. Red & Green BACK TO TOP