A 7c stamp to mark the 50th anniversary of the Country Women’s Association of Australia was issued on 18th April, 1972, for post office sale for about two weeks, and philatelic sales centres for up to six months.
The design was the work of Mrs. Val Mason, of Melbourne. This was Mrs. Mason’s first stamp design: her husband, John, has prepared a number of designs for Australia, Australian Antarctic Territory, Nauru, Western Samoa and United Nations.
The C.W.A. stamp design shows a woman’s head on a gold-framed cameo brooch, symbolizing the femininity of a moverment concerned with the welfare of women and children of rural communities. The stamp is in the usual commemorative size, 25 mm x 37.5 mm (including perfs.) and was printed in sheets of 100, by multicolour photogravure, at the Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne. The paper was Wiggins Teape unwatered coated paper, incorporating helecon; four cylinders were used in the printing, and the colours (in order of application) were yellow, magenta, cyan and sepia.
Mrs. Mason also designed the two official Post Office first day covers for the issue.
Details
- Date of Issue: 18 April 1972
- Withdrawn Date:
- Invalidated:
- Designer: Val Mason, Melbourne
- Printer: Note Issue Department, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne
- Process: Photogravure
- Cylinders: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Sepia (printing order)
- Paper: Wiggins Teape unwatered coated paper, incorporating helecon
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 13.5 x 13.25 (comb)
- Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R5 x 10) divided by horizontal gutter.
- Quantity: 18,296,400
Sheet Numbers
First Day Covers No.34 & 35 (Official)
ASCOT VALE/VIC 3032
