Details
- Date of Issue: 13 October 1971
- Withdrawn Date:
- Invalidated:
- Designer: John Lee, Randwick Technical College, Sydney
- Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne
- Press: Chambon
- Process: Photogravure
- Cylinders: Pink (I-III) – Green (I-IV) – Rust (I-IV) – Blue (II) (Printing order and number of cylinders used per colour)
- Paper:
- Wiggins Teape coated unwatermarked paper incorporating helecon (appx. 90%)
- KP5D coated unwatermarked paper with helecon (appx. 10%)
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb)
- Sheet: Printed in sheets of 100 consisting of two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) separated by vertical gutter.
- Quantity:
- 99,218,900 (Wiggins Teape paper)
- 10,867,000 (KP5D paper)
Sheet Numbers (Black)
Sheet numbers printed on Wiggins Teape paper are printed in black.
Sheet Numbers (Red/Purple)
Sheet numbers printed on KP5D paper are printed in red or purple.
Souvenir Pack
First Day Cover No.32 (Official)
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE POSTMARKER OFFICES
Philatelic Bulletin
Australia Post Philatelic Bulletin No.110 (December)
