Details
- Series: 1977 Silver Jubilee
- Subject: Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip
- Designer: Australia Post Graphic Design Section
- Printer:
- Norman J. Field, Melbourne
- Government Printer, Sydney
- Process: Offset lithography
- Press:
- Heidelberg press (2%)
- Komori Sprint press (98%)
- Cylinders: (see below)
- Paper: Shoalhaven KP6T unwatermarked coated stamp paper incorporating helecon
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14.75 x 14 (comb) on a Grover perforator machine
- Sheet: Printed in four panes (R5 x 10) and guillotined into two panes, separated by a vertical gutter.
- Quantity: 5,070,000
Approximarely 2% of the printing of both values was completed by the Government Printer, Sydney on a Heidelberg four-colour photo-litho press. It is believed all the stamps printed on this press were used for the souvenir stamp packs.
Colours in printing order were:
- White – Silver – Process Magenta – Process Yellow (first pass) / Process Cyan – Warm Red – Black – and a varnish (second pass)
The other 98% were printed in Melbourne under the control of the Government Printer, by Norman J Field, on a Komori four-colour, photo-litho press. These stamps were used for general distribution to post offices and philatelic sales centres.
Colours in printing order were:
- Silver – Process Magenta – Process Yellow – Process Cyan (first pass) / Warm Red – Black – and a varnish (second pass) (45c)