Details
- Date of Issue: 13 April 1988
- Withdrawn Date:
- Designer: Jim Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio
- Printer: CPE Australia Ltd, Melbourne
- Process: Photolithography
- Colours:
- Paper: Harrison’s Stamp Paper
- Perf: 13.25 (comb)
- Sheet: 50 stamps (R5 x 5) printed in two panes, separated by horizontal gutter.
- Quantity:
Subjects
- 37c Government House, Sydney 1790
- 37c Government Farm, Sydney 1791
- 37c Paramatta Road, Sydney 1796
- 37c The Rocks & Sydney Cove 1800
- 37c Sydney Hospital 1803
Gutter Strip
First Day Covers (National Postmark)
A panorama of Sydney Cover completed about 1808 by convict artist John Eyre is the unifying image in this set of five stamps. Five other views, also by early artists, depicting Sydney and Parramatta during the years 1790-1803 are displayed in the upper area of the stamps.
First Day Covers (Pictorial Postmarks)
Castle Hill NSW 2154 – Rebellion of 1804
Parramatta NSW 2150 – Elizabeth House Farm
First Day Covers
Stamp Packs
Stamp Bulletin
Australia Stamp Bulletin No.194 (April 1988)
