Australia

Australia Philately: 1989 Sports Series I – $1.10 Golf

thedigitalphilatelist 13/02/1989

The first golf course in Australia was laid out in 1847 on the site of the present Flagstaff Gardens in Melbourne. By the end of the nineteenth century golf clubs had been established in most major centres. Professional golf developed in the early years of the twentieth century amd the first Australian Open was held in 1904. The stamp shows a young person being instructed in the finer points of the game. 

Details
  • Series: 1989 Sports Series I
  • Subject: Golf
  • Illustrator: Geoff Cook, Melbourne
  • Typography: Sue Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio
  • Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Melbourne (Moorabbin)
  • Press:
  • Process: Photolithography
  • Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Olive-Green – Black
  • Paper: Harrison unwatermarked white paper incorporating helecon
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 14.4 x 14 (comb)
  • Sheet: 
    • Printed in 6 sheets of 100 stamps (A B /C D/ E F)
    • Distributed in single sheets of R10 x 10 (100)
  • Quantity:
Reprint (1 Koala)
  • Reprint Date: April 1989
  • Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Melbourne (Moorabbin)
  • Press:
  • Process: Photolithography
  • Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Olive-Green – Black
  • Paper: Harrison unwatermarked white paper incorporating helecon
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 14.4 x 14 (comb)
  • Sheet: 
    • Printed in 6 sheets of 100 stamps (A B /C D/ E F)
    • Distributed in single sheets of R10 x 10 (100)
  • Quantity:
Reprint (2 koala)
  • Reprint Date: October 1989
  • Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Melbourne (Moorabbin)
  • Press:
  • Process: Photolithography
  • Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Olive-Green – Black
  • Paper: CPL unwatermarked white paper incorporating helecon
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 14.4 x 14 (comb)
  • Sheet: 
    • Printed in 6 sheets of 100 stamps (A B /C D/ E F)
    • Distributed in single sheets of R10 x 10 (100)
  • Quantity:
Reprint (3 koala)
  • Reprint Date: May 1990
  • Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Melbourne (Moorabbin)
  • Press:
  • Process: Photolithography
  • Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Olive-Green – Black
  • Paper: Harrison unwatermarked white paper incorporating helecon
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 14.4 x 14 (comb)
  • Sheet: 
    • Printed in 6 sheets of 100 stamps (A B /C D/ E F)
    • Distributed in single sheets of R10 x 10 (100)
  • Quantity:
Reprint (4 koala)