Australia Philately: 1970 Australian National Development – 10c Oil & Natural Gas

Details
  • Series: 1970 National Development
  • Subject: Oil & Natural Gas
  • Designer: Brian Sadgrove, Melbourne
  • Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia
  • Press: Chambon
  • Process: Photogravure
  • Cylinders: Orange – Purple – Red – Black (printing order)
  • Paper: Wiggins Teape coated unwatermarked white paper incorporating helecon
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb)
  • Sheet: Printed in one sheet (100 stamps) consisting of two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) divided by vertical gutter.
  • Quantity: 34,564,000
Sheet Numbers (Type I)

The first printings showed the sheet number, left of the right-hand gutter line.

Sheet Numbers (Type II)

Early in 1972 sheets appeared showing the number shifted 7mm to the right, now appearing above the right-hand gutter line.