Australia

Australia Philately: 1964 Bird Definitive Series (New Value – 6d)

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Details
  • Date of Issue: 19 August 1964
  • Reprint: 2 June 1965
  • Withdrawn Date: 
  • Invalidated: 
  • Designer: Betty Temple-Watts
  • Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia
  • Process: Photogravure
  • Cylinders: Olive-brown – Yellow – Black – Bluish Green
  • Paper:
    • 1st printing – Harrison chalk-surfaced paper
    • 2nd printing – Wiggins Teape coated with helecon content
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 13 x 13.5 (comb)
  • Sheet: 
  • Quantity:
    • 1st printing – 8,649,000
    • 2nd printing – 8,347,318
Sheet Number
References
  • The Definitive Stamps of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II 1952-1965 – Australian Post Office