Australia Philately: 1966 Decimal Definitive Series – 13c Red-Necked Avocet

Details

• Series: 1966 Decimal Definitive Series
• Subject: Red-Necked Avocet
• Designer: Betty Temple-Watts, Canberra
• Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne
• Press: Chambon
• Process: Photogravure
• Colours: Pale Blue – Red – Grey – Black
• Cylinders: 
• Paper: Unwatermarked Wiggins Teape coated off-white paper incorporating helecon
• Watermark: None
• Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb)
• Sheet:
  • Printed in 2 panes of 50 stamps (A /B)
  • Distributed in single sheets of R5 x 10 (50 stamps)
• Quantity: 22,877,450

Sheet Numbers (1st Printing)

 

Sheet Numbers (2nd Printing)

• Reprint Date: Janaury 1967
• Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne
• Press: Chambon
• Process: Photogravure
• Colours: Pale Blue – Red – Grey – Black
• Cylinders: 
• Paper: Unwatermarked Wiggins Teape coated off-white paper incorporating helecon
• Watermark: None
• Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb)
• Sheet:
  • Printed in 2 sheets of 50 stamps (A /B)
  • Distributed as 100 stamps in two sheets of R5 x 10 (50 stamps) separated by horizontal gutter.