Australia Philately: 1976 Australian Explorers – 18c Hume & Hovell

Details Series: 1976 Australian Explorers Subject: Hume & Hovell Designer: Brian Dunlop, Sydney Printer: Note Issue Department, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Press: Chambon Process: Photogravure Colours: Dull Yellowish Green – Buff – Rose Red – Grey Black Tint – Black (printing order) Paper: Shoalhaven KP5D unwatermarked coated stamp paper incorporating helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.25…

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Australia Philately: 1976 Australian Explorers – 18c Ernest Giles

Details Series: 1976 Australian Explorers Subject: Ernest Giles Designer: Brian Dunlop, Sydney Printer: Note Issue Department, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Press: Chambon Process: Photogravure Colours: Brown Ochre – Cobalt – Reddish Brown Tint – Black (printing order) Paper: Shoalhaven KP5D unwatermarked coated stamp paper incorporating helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb) Sheet: Printed…

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Bahamas Philately: 1976 200th Anniversary of American Independence – 16c Map of North America

Details Series: 1976 200th Anniversary of American Independence Subject: Map of North America Designer: Wallsall Security Printers Ltd Printer: Wallsall Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Multiple Crown CA diagonal (sideways) Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders:  1A 1A 1A 1A 1B 1B 1B 1B 1C 1C 1C 1C 1D 1D 1D 1D Sheet: 50 stamps in…

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Bahamas Philately: 1976 200th Anniversary of American Independence – $1 John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore PC (1730 – 25 February 1809), known as Lord Dunmore, was a Scottish nobleman and colonial governor in the American colonies and The Bahamas. He was the last colonial governor of Virginia. Lord Dunmore was named governor of the Province of New York in…

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Bahamas Philately: 1976 200th Anniversary of American Independence

The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), gaining independence from the British Crown, establishing the constitution that created the United…

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