Sails are furled and anchors are dropped. The aboriginal family group in the foreground is based upon a painting by Louis-Claude Freycinet, a member of the Baudin expedition which visited New South Wales in 1801-03.
Details
- Series: 1988 The First Fleet: Arrival 1788
- Subject: Aborigines
- Designer: Sue Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio, Melbourne
- Printer: CPE Australia Ltd, Melbourne
- Process: Photolithography
- Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Grey-Green – Black
- Paper: Harrison unwatermarked white paper incorporating helecon
- Perf: 13.25 (comb)
- Sheet:
- Printed in six sheets (A B C / D E F) each consisting of upper and lower panes of 25 stamps (R5 x 5) separated by horizontal gutter
- Distributed in single sheets of 50 stamps
- Quantity: