Convict artist William Buelow Gould (c.1803-1853) created his masterpiece while imprisoned at Macquarie Harbour’s Sarah Island penal colony in 1832. As servant to medical officer Dr William de Little, Gould painted 36 delicate watercolour studies of fish and shellfish. This sketchbook, now at Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Hobart, was added to UNESCO’s Australian Memory of the World Register in 2011.
Details
- Date of Issue: 10 March 2026
- Withdrawn Date:
- 8 September 2026
- 1 October 2026
- Invalidated:
- Designer: Jason Watts, Australia Post Design Studio
- Printer: Southern Impact
- Press:
- Process: Offset lithography
- Colours: Cyan – Magenta – Yellow – Black
- Paper: Tullis Russell 104gsm Red Phosphor/Blue PVA Stamp Paper
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 13.86 x 14 (comb)
- Sheet: 50 stamps in two panes of 25 stamps (R5 x 5) separated by vertical gutter
- Quantity:
Subjects
- $1.70 Porcupine Fish
- $1.70 Walking Fish
- $1.70 Cow Fish
- $5.10 Miniature Sheet
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