Australia Philately: 1970 Standard Gauge Rail Link

Details
  • Date of Issue: 11 February 1970
  • Withdrawn Date: 31 March 1971
  • Invalidated: 
  • Designer: Brian Sadgrove, Melbourne
  • Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia
  • Process: Photogravure
  • Cylinders: Orange – Red – Purple* – Black
  • Paper: Wiggins Teape – chalk coated with Helecon
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 13 x 13.5 (comb)
  • Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) divided by vertical gutter.
  • Quantity: 26,609,000

The purple cylinder was replaced when the original became damaged about two-thirds during the print run.

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