Australia Philately: 1977 Australian Painting Series

A new stamp featuring Tom Roberts’ painting, “Coming South”, was issued on 19th October, 1977, to meet the needs of customers posting articles by Surface Air Lifted (SAL), overseas air mail and international priority paid. The new stamp becomes part of the current, long-term defintive, Australian Paintings series. The other values in the series – the $1 “A Sergeant of Light Horse”, $2 “Red Gums of the Far North” and $4 “Shearing of the Rams” – were issued on 24th April, 1974.

Details

Date of Issue: 19 October 1977
Withdrawn Date:
Invalidated:
Designer: Australia Post Graphic Design Section
Printer: Asher & Co., Melbourne
Press: Roland Rekord
Process: Offset-Lithography
Cylinders:
Paper: KP6T unwatermarked paper incorporating helecon
Watermark: None
Perf: 14.75 (comb)
Sheet: Printed in four vertical panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) and guillotined into two pane for perforating, then guillotined in single panes for issue.
Quantity: 6,200,000

Sheet Numbers

With reference to the sheet serial numbers, each pane of 50 stamps was numbered after printing, for control purposes, on several separate numbering presses and therefore the numbering has no relationship to the printing of the stamps on the Roland Rekord press. The fact that more than one press was used for the numbering accounts for the numbers appearing in different type fonts on the sheets.