A new pre-stamped envelope will be issued by Australia Post on 10 February 1982. The envelope will commemorate 150 Years of Secondary Education in Australia.
In Australia’s early colonial period, secondary education was aimed at providing schooling for the children of the self-styled gentry of Botany Bay. Small independent academies were run for profit. It was not until the 1830s when church-run schools began to appear that a tangible secondary education system began to develop.
The King’s School, Parramatta, is seen to be the most significant of the schools established in the 1830s. It managed to survive in a period when the majority of schools had little permanency. The King’s School, Parramatta, is now the oldest existing secondary school in Australia.
The illustration on the pre-stamped envelope shows Archdeacon William Grant Broughton (founder of the King’s School) and Harrisford (the original home of the King’s School).
Details
- Date of Issue: 10 February 1982
- Withdrawn Date: 23 Feburary 1982
- Invalidated:
- Designer: Australia Post Graphic Design Section
- Printer: Mercury-Walch, Division of Davies Brothers
- Press: Six colour Roland Ultra
- Process: Multi-colour photolithography with luminescense impregnated varnish
- Colours:
- Paper: 105 gsm Glacier White Offset
- Quantity:
Pre-Stamped Envelope No.047
The envelope, measuring 190 mm x 101 mm and numbered 047, was designed by Australia Post’s Graphic Design Section and carries a 24c denomintation. It will be available from all Australia Post philatelic sales centres, at a cost of $A0.31, until 31 August 1982, provided stocks last.
First day of issue postmarked will be available at these centres until 23 February 1982, provided stocks last.
PHILATELIC SALES CENTRES
Australian Stamp Bulletin
Australian Stamp Bulletin No.158 – January-February 1982
