Two new stamps, a 6c Queen Elizabeth II and a 6c Floral coil stamp were issued on 28th September, 1970, to meet the need for large quantities of stamps in the denomination following the new postal charges introduced on 1st October, 1970.
The 6c Queen Elizabeth II is an engraved stamp of the same design as the current 1c-5c Australian stamps, the colour is orange. The stamp is recess-printed in sheets of 100 at the Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne.
The design of the 4c Sturt’s Desert Rose coil stamp has been altered to provide a 6c denomination for use in stamp vending machines now being converted to take three two cent coins. No further printings of the 4c or 5c coil stamps are to be made and these will be discontinued, although they will remain on sale at philatelic sales centres for some time.
Both of the new stamps contain helecon.
No fixed date of issue has been determined for postal stationery items embossed in red with the 6c denomination, but they are expected to be placed on sale at post offices during November, 1970, as stocks of old stationery with extra postage affixed, become exhausted.
Details
- Date of Issue: 28 September 1970
- Withdrawn Date:
- 30 November 1971 (coil)
- 30 June 1979 (6c QEII)
- Invalidated:
- Designer:
- Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne
- Process:
- Photogravure (coil)
- Recess
- Cylinders:
- Paper:
- Wiggins Teape coated unwatermarked paper with helecon
- Wiggins Teape coated unwatermarked paper (May 1971)
- Watermark: None
- Perf:
- 14.5 x imperf (coil)
- 14.5 x 14 (comb)
- Sheet:
- Printed in six panes of 100 (R10 x 10) and distributed in sheets of 100
- Quantity:
- 17,823,000 (coil)
- 633,146,500
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