A Christmas aerogramme was also designed by Mr. Hamori in the woodcut style, and issued on 14th November, 1973. The aerogramme depicts Mary and the infant Jesus in an illustrated panel on the left-hand side of the address face and an angel in the stamp area. The stamps, aerogramme and…
View More Australia Philately: 1973 Christmas (Aerogramme)Author: James Gavin
Australia Philately: 1972 Pioneer Life – 80c Pioneer Commerce
Details Series: 1972 Pioneer Life Subject: Pioneer Commerce Designer: Robert Ingpen Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Grey – Yellow – Blue – Red – Black (printing order) Paper: Wiggins Teape coated unwatermarked paper incorporating helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps…
View More Australia Philately: 1972 Pioneer Life – 80c Pioneer CommerceMalawi Philately: 1972 18th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
The Empire Parliamentary Association was founded on 18 July 1911. As well as Members of the UK Parliament, the meeting was attended by representatives of the then dominion Parliaments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Newfoundland and South Africa. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association emerged from the Empire Parliamentary Association at a…
View More Malawi Philately: 1972 18th Commonwealth Parliamentary ConferenceAustralia Philately: 1972 Rehabilitation – 24c Rehabilitation
Details Series: 1972 Rehabilitation Subject: Designer: Reserve Bank of Australia based on photos by Barbara Ardizzone Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Multi-colour photogravure Cylinders: Paper: Wiggins Teape – chalk coated with Helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 13.25 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5)…
View More Australia Philately: 1972 Rehabilitation – 24c RehabilitationAustralia Philately: 1972 Rehabilitation – 12c Rehabilitation
Details Series: 1972 Rehabilitation Subject: Designer: Reserve Bank of Australia based on photos by Barbara Ardizzone Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Multi-colour photogravure Cylinders: Paper: Wiggins Teape – chalk coated with Helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 13.25 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5)…
View More Australia Philately: 1972 Rehabilitation – 12c RehabilitationZambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 25n Peace
The Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Crash Site marks the place of the plane crash in which Dag Hammarskjöld, the second and then-sitting Secretary-General of the United Nations was killed on 17 September 1961, while on a mission to the Léopoldville Congo Republic. The site is located 10 km from Ndola, in…
View More Zambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 25n PeaceZambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 10n Death in Honour
On 18 September 1961, Hammarskjöld was en route to negotiate a cease-fire between United Nations Operation in the Congo forces and Katangese troops. His airplane crashed near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia). Hammarskjöld perished as a result of the crash, as did all of the 15 other passengers. The circumstances of…
View More Zambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 10n Death in HonourZambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 15n Peace
The dove has been a symbol of peace and innocence for thousands of years in many different cultures. In the story of Noah in the Bible, when the flood waters receded, Noah sent out a dove which returned with an olive leaf, to show that the Biblical flood was over…
View More Zambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 15n PeaceZambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 4n United Nations General Assembly
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organisation. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. On 31 March 1953, the Security Council voted 10-0-1 to…
View More Zambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 4n United Nations General AssemblyBahamas Philately: Chandris America Lines – RHMS Atlantis
The Royal Helenic Mail Steamer (RHMS) Atlantis was original constructed as the USS General W. P. Richardson (AP-118) – a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II. She was later transferred to the United States Army and served briefly during the Korean War as USAT…
View More Bahamas Philately: Chandris America Lines – RHMS Atlantis