A 7c stamp to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations World Health Organization will be issued on the 4th April, 1973. It will be sold at post offices for about two weeks, and at philatelic sales centres for up to six months.
The stamp depicts a stylised caduceus, which has signified medicine from ancient times, and the United Nations emblem. The design is the work of Mr. H. Williamson, of Sydney, who also designed the two official first day covers.
The stamp measures 37.5 mm x 24.15 mm and was printed by multicolour photogravure at the Note Printing Branch of the Reserve Bank of Australia, on unwatermarked paper with luminescence on the Rembrandt machine. Like the 7c Christmas stamps, the WHO stamps were printed 300-up, and issued in sheets of 100.
Details
- Date of Issue: 4 April 1973
- Withdrawn Date:
- Invalidated:
- Designer: Harry Williamson, Sydney
- Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne
- Press: Rembrandt
- Process: Photogravure
- Cylinders: Pink – Grey – Green – Blue (printing order)
- Paper: Shoalhaven KP5D paper unwatermarked paper incorporating helecon
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14.75 x 14 (comb)
- Sheet: Printed in six panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5), guillotined through vertical gutter into two panes, and separated by a horizontal gutter for distribution.
- Quantity: 20,614,000
First Day Covers No.46 & 47 (Official)
Two first day covers were available, numbers No.46 and No.47. The covers were designed by Harry Williamson.
HAWTHORN/VIC 3122
MOORABBIN/VIC 3189
RUSSELL STREET/VIC 3000
SYDNEY SOUTH/N.S.W. AUST
WOLLONGONG/N.S.W. AUST
