Supply rides at anchor as marines are ferried ashore. The wading birds in the foreground are white cranes whose appearance was noted was noted by Arthur Bowes Smyth in his journal.
Details
- Series: 1988 The First Fleet: Arrival 1788
- Subject: Supply at Anchor
- Designer: Sue Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio, Melbourne
- Printer: CPE Australia Ltd, Melbourne
- Process: Photolithography
- Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Grey-Green – Black
- Paper: Harrison unwatermarked white paper incorporating helecon
- Perf: 13.25 (comb)
- Sheet:
- Printed in six sheets (A B C / D E F) each consisting of upper and lower panes of 25 stamps (R5 x 5) separated by horizontal gutter
- Distributed in single sheets of 50 stamps
- Quantity: