The second stamp booklet in the Famous Australians series was issued on 16th November, 1970, and will remain on sale for approximately 12 months. The stamp subjects are the Duigan brothers, pioneer aviators; explorer Edward John Eyre; poet Adam Lindsay Gordon; and Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Following the format established with…
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Australia Philately: 1970 Famous Australians – First Day Cover No.17 (VIC)
3000 – LAW COURTS 3000 – RUSSELL STREET 3194 – MENTONE 3585 – SWAN HILL FOLK MUSEUM
View More Australia Philately: 1970 Famous Australians – First Day Cover No.17 (VIC)Australia Philately: 1970 Famous Australians – First Day Cover No.17 (NSW)
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5000 – HINDLEY STREET
View More Australia Philately: 1970 Famous Australians – First Day Cover No.17 (SA)Rhodesia Philately: 1970 No.4 in the Famous Figures Series – Mother Patrick
Mother Patrick Mary Anne Cosgrave (22 May 1863 – 31 July 1900) was an Irish Dominican nun, pioneer nurse in Rhodesia, educationist, and prioress. In Salisbury, Cosgrave organised the first hospital, which was located in a series of grass huts and tents before a purpose-built hospital was built in 1895. She…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1970 No.4 in the Famous Figures Series – Mother PatrickMalawi Philately: 1970 Air Letter – 9d Air Malawi – One Eleven Jet
In March 1970, Air Malawi disposed the last of the Douglas DC-3s that had been supplied to Air Malawi when they were a subsidiary of Central African Airways. In November 1970 the airline leased a British Airways Corporation (BAC) One-Eleven from Zambia Airways on a two-year term. With the addition…
View More Malawi Philately: 1970 Air Letter – 9d Air Malawi – One Eleven JetBahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 41c Miniature Sheet
Details Designer: Gordon Drummond Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd Process: Lithography Paper: Watermark: Block CA Perf: 13 (comb) Cylinders: N/A Sheet: Printed in sheets of at least two, and guillotined for individual sale. Quantity: Sheet Numbers
View More Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 41c Miniature SheetBahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 15c The Adoration of the Shepherds (Detail) – Sch. of Seville
The 15c depicts the Adoration of the Shepherds by the School of Seville. It is still not certain who painted it but it was most likely a prominent Spanish artist as several copies survive in Spain. In the painting, the Virgin Mary gently lifts her new-born son while Saint Joseph,…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 15c The Adoration of the Shepherds (Detail) – Sch. of SevilleBahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 12c Adorazione Dei Pastori – By Giorgione (Detail)
The Adoration of the Shepherds, sometimes still known as the Allendale Nativity, after a former owner, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Giorgione, completed in about 1505 to 1510. The attribution is now usual, although not universal; the usual other view is that it is an early Titian.…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 12c Adorazione Dei Pastori – By Giorgione (Detail)Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 11c The Holy Family – By Anton Raphael Mengs (Detail)
The 11c depicts The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779). Details Series: 1970 Christmas Subject: The Holy Family – By Anton Raphael Mengs (Detail) Designer: Gordon Drummond Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd Process: Lithography Paper: Watermark: Multiple St Edwards Crown Block CA Perf: 13 (comb)…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 11c The Holy Family – By Anton Raphael Mengs (Detail)