A set of three stamps featuring reproductions of religious paintings was issued for Christmas 1978. The stamps have 15c, 25c and 55c denominations. The 25c features “The Madonna and the Child” (after van Eyck), the 25c features “The Virgin and Child” (Marmion) and the 55c stamp features “The Holy Family”…
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Australia Philately: 1978 National Stamp Week – First Day Covers No.117 and No.118 (QLD)
4000 – BRISBANE 4000 – G.P.O. BRISBANE
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7310 – DEVENPORT 7467 – QUEENSTOWN
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A 20c stamp and an 80c miniature sheet will be issued on 25 September 1978 to mark National Stamp Week 1978. The stamp commemorates the 50th anniversary of a stamp exhibition held in Melbourne from 29 October to 3 October 1928. It features a 3d. blue Kookaburra stamp, issued in…
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Details Series: 1978 National Stamp Week Subject: National Stamp Week Designer: Cato Hibberd Design Pty. Ltd., Melbourne Printer: Asher & Co., Ltd, Melbourne Press: Process: Photo-lithography Cylinders: Paper: Unwatermarked paper incorporating luminescence Watermark: None Perf: 15.5 x 15.5 (comb) Sheet: Two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) separated by vertical gutter. Quantity: 21,504,000 Gutter Strip
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5000 – ADELAIDE 5011 – WOODVILLE 5039 – CLARENCE GARDENS 5082 – PROSPECT 5268 – BORDERTOWN 5280 – MILLICENT
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3000 – MELBOURNE 3220 – GEELONG 3223 – PORTARLINGTON 3465 – MARYBOROUGH 3585 – SWAN HILL
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Impressions: From the temporary post office at the Freemason’s Hall, North Terrace or by mail from Philatelic Sales Section, G.P.O. Box 4084, Adelaide, S.A. 5001. Details Date: 23 September 1978 – 29 September 1978 Quantity: 12,905 articles 29,893 (ordinary) 12 (registered)
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Impressions: From the temporary post office at the Showground or by mail from Philatelic Bureau, G.P.O. Box 9000, Melbourne, Vic. 3001. Details Date: 21 September 1978 – 1 October 1978 Quantity: 5,656 articles 5,644 (ordinary) 12 (registered)
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They adapt well to environs and are found in south-eastern Australia. The male Superb Blue Wren takes on its colour when breeding. Outside the breeding season it becomes brown, like the female, except that its eye patches are paler and its bill remains black. Details Series: 1978 Pre-Stamped Envelope Collection…
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