Australia

Australia Philately: 1966 Decimal Definitive Series – 5c Yellow-Tailed Thornbill

thedigitalphilatelist 14/02/1966
Details
  • Series: 1966 Decimal Definitive Series
  • Subject: Yellow-Tailed Thornbill
  • Designer: Betty Temple-Watts
  • Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia
  • Process: Photogravure
  • Colours:
    • Brown – Yellow – Black – Emerald-Green
    • Brown – Yellow – Black – Blue-Green (Reprint 1967)
  • Paper: Wiggins Teape off-white – chalk coated with Helecon
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb)
  • Sheet:
    • R10 x 5 (50 stamps)
    • R10 x 5 (2 panes of 50 stamps divided by vertical gutter) [Reprint 1967]
  • Quantity: 145,564,450
  • Reprint: January 1967
Sheet Numbers
Sheet Numbers (Jan 1967 Printing)
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