An 18c stamp to commemorate the 50th anniversary of C.S.I.R.O. is being issued on the 15th June, 1976, for two weeks sale at post offices and up to twelve months sale at philatelic sales centres, providing stocks last. The stamp was designed by Mr. Robert Ingpen of Melbourne, and shows a hand holding a measuring device against a background of a graph and a computer tape, symbolizing the two activities which are basic information to all scientific work – measuring and recording. Mr. Ingpen also designed the two official first day covers associated with the issue.
The stamp measures 37.75 mm x 24.15 mm and was printed by multicolour photogravure at the Note Issue Department of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne, on unwatermarked paper incorporating luminescence, on the Rembrandt machine, and issued in sheets of 100.
- Date of Issue: 15 June 1976
- Withdrawn Date:
- Invalidated:
- Designer: Robert Ingpen, Melbourne
- Printer: Note Issue Department, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne
- Press: Rembrandt
- Process: Multicolour photogravure
- Cylinders: Cinnamon – Greenish Yellow – Grey – Black (printing order)
- Paper: Shoalhaven KP6T unwatermarked paper incorporating helecon
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14.75 x 14 (comb)
- Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) divided by vertical gutter.
- Quantity: 21,085,000
First Day Covers No. 87 & No.88 (Official)
CAMPERDOWN/VIC 3260
CARLINGFORD/NSW 2118
CHATSWOOD/NSW 2067
ESSENDON/VIC 3040
FOOTSCRAY/VIC 3011
G.P.O./MELBOURNE/VIC 3000
LATROBE STREET/VIC 3000
PHILATELIC SALES CENTRE/MELBOURNE 3000
SWAN HILL/VIC 3585
WARRNAMBOOL/VIC 3280
