Australia Philately: 1973 Marine Life & Gem Stones – 2c Fiddler Crab

 

Details

• Series: 1973 Marine Life & Gem Stones
• Subject: Banded Coral Shrimp
• Designer: Note Printing Branch artists
• Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne
• Process: Multicolour photogravure
• Cylinders: Yellow – Mauve – Green – Red (printing order)
• Paper: Shoalhaven KP5D unwatermarked coated paper incorporating helecon with gum arabic
• Watermark: None
• Perf: 14 x 14.75 (comb)
• Sheet: 
• Quantity: 119,836,500
  • 11,200,000 (1 July 1979 – 30 June 1980)