Australia Philately: 1995 Endeavour Replica

Stamps showing both Captain Cook’s ship, the Endeavour and the recently launched Endeavour replica will be issued by Australia Post on 9 February 1995. The stamps will be issued as a se-tenant pair of 45c stamps. The same two designs, in values of 20c and 4 x 45c, will also be used in a new Sterner vending machine stamp booklet.

The stamps feature a detail from a painting by marine artist, Oswald Brett, and a photograph of the Endeavour replica by John Lancaster. Brett has portrayed the crew of the Endeavour scrambling aloft to shorten sail as the ship runs before a strong southwesterly wind near Byron Bay. An Australian by birth. Brett has lived in the United States for many years. Photographer John Lancaster works for the HM Bark Endeavour Foundation in Fremantle. The Endeavour painting appears as a 45c stamp in both sheet form and in the Sterner booklet. The photograph of the Endeavour replica appears as a 45c stamp in sheet form and as a 20c value in the Sterner booklet.

Details

Date of Issue: 9 February 1995
Withdrawn Date:
- 22 February 1995 (Gutter Strip)
- 28 February 1995 (First Day Cover)
- 30 June 1995 (Stamps, Stamp Pack and Maximum Cards)
Designer: Michelle Gauci, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio, Melbourne
Printer: Owen King Pty Ltd, a division of McPherson’s Printing Group
Press:
Process: Photolithography
Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Gold – Black
Paper: Harrison unwatermarked white paper incorporating helecon
Watermark: None
Perf:
- 13.86 x 14.6 (comb – sheet stamps)
- 13.86 x imperf (comb – booklet)
Sheet:
- Printed in three sheets (A B C) consisting of two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) per sheet.
- Distributed in single sheets of 100 stamps
Quantity:

Subjects

45c Endeavour Replica
45c Captain Cook’s Endeavour
$2.00 H M Bark Endeavour (Booklet)

Collector’s Choice Stamp PAck

Special strip plates were used for printing gutter strips for pre-packaged gutter strips. Three panels (A B C) per sheet contained seven gutter strips (R2 x 5 stamps) in vertical format, creating 210 stamps in a print.