Australia Philately: 1970 Cook Bicentenary

Details

• Date of Issue: 20 April 1970
• Withdrawn Date: 
• Invalidated: 
• Designer: Robert Ingpen, Tom Keneally, Arthur Leydin and J R Smith
• Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia
• Process: Photogravure
• Cylinders: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Black
• Paper: Wiggins Teape – chalk coated with Helecon
• Watermark: None
• Perf: 13.5 x 13.25 (comb)
• Sheet: 
  • Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) divided by horizontal gutter. (5c)
  • Printed in two panes of 20 stamps (R5 x 4) divided by horizontal gutter. (30c)
  • Printed in sheets of 6 (miniature sheet)
• Quantity:
  • 12,151,800 (5c)
  • 3,616,000 (30c)

Subjects

• 5c Strip of Five
• 30c Cook & HMS Endeavour
• 55c Miniature Sheet

First Day Covers No.4 & No.5 (Official)

FIRST DAY OF ISSUE POSTMARKER OFFICES

• NSW
• VIC