Details
- Date of Issue: 6 August 1968
- Withdrawn Date:
- Invalidated:
- Designer: Robert Ingpen, Melbourne
- Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia
- Press: Chambon
- Process: Photogravure
- Paper: Unwatermarked Wiggins Teape white coated paper incorporating Derby luminescence
- Watermark: None
- Cylinders:
- Yellow – Cyan (I) – Magenta – Black (printing order)
- Yellow – Cyan (II) – Magenta – Black (printing order)
- Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb)
- Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) divided by vertical gutter.
- Quantity:
- 5c – 9,983,500
- 5c – 10,128,500
The gutter lines, as a security measure, in blue (cyan) were somewhat thicker than usual and caused some difficulties with the doctor blade wiping of this area of the cylinder. The cyan cylinder subsequently developed a scratch and the new cylinder which it was decided to make carried thinner lines which proved more satisfactory.
Sheet Numbers (Thick lines)
Sheet Numbers (Thin lines)
