Australia Philately: 1969 50th Anniversary of First England to Australia Flight

 

Details
  • Date of Issue: 12 November 1969
  • Withdrawn Date:
  • Invalidated: 
  • Designer: Eric Thake, Melbourne
  • Printer: Note Issue Department, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne
  • Process: Photogravure
  • Cylinders:
    • Light Blue – Light Red (I) – Olive – Black
    • Light Blue – Light Red (II) – Olive – Black
  • Paper: Wiggins Teape – chalk coated with Helecon
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb)
  • Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) divided by horizontal gutter.
  • Quantity: 19,374,000

The light red cylinder was replaced due to the original showing an undesirable mark early in the printing.

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