Details Series: 1970 Royal Visit Subject: Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip Designer: Note Printing Branch artists Printer: Note Issue Department, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Orange – Grey – Light Brown – Brown Paper: Wiggins Teape unwatermarked incorporating helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two…
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Australia Philately: 1970 Royal Visit
In connection with the Cook Bicentenary celebrations, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess Anne will visit Australia, arriving on 30th March, 1970. As this is an Easter Monday, and thus a public holiday, the 5c and 30c stamps being printed to mark the Royal Visit will be…
View More Australia Philately: 1970 Royal VisitBahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P301300 Series)
Details Publisher: Calypso Distributors Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Colorpicture, Boston, Mass. Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Colour by Bob Glander Year: 1970 Series: P301300
View More Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P301300 Series)Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (10×112300 Series)
Details Publisher: Distributor: Calypso Distributors Ltd., P.O. Box 6220, M.S., Nassau, Bahamas Printer: (Colorpicture) Boston Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Year: 1978 Series: 10×112300 Series
View More Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (10×112300 Series)Malawi Philately: 1970 Rand Easter Show
The Rand Easter Show, now the Rand Show, is an annual show held in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the largest consumer exhibition in Southern Africa. The show was first held in November 1894 by the Witwatersrand Agricultural Society, a society that had formed in March of the same year.…
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View More Australia Philately: 1970 EXPO 70 – First Day Cover No.1 (NSW)Australia Philately: First Day Covers (1970-1979)
Special decorative covers are now provided with the issue of each new stamp. Some are designed by the same artist who prepared the stamp design and bear a facsimile of his signature. Some also feature alternative but unadopted stamp designs. The price of the official first day cover, without stamps,…
View More Australia Philately: First Day Covers (1970-1979)Australia Philately: 1970 EXPO 70 – 5c Australian Pavillion
Details Series: 1970 EXPO 70 Subject: Australian Pavillion Designer: John Copeland, Adelaide Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Four-colour photogravure Cylinders: Paper: Unwatermarked paper incorporating Helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13 x 13.5 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) divided by vertical gutter. Quantity: 20,209,000 Sheet…
View More Australia Philately: 1970 EXPO 70 – 5c Australian PavillionAustralia Philately: 1970 EXPO 70 – 20c Southern Cross & Message
Details Series: 1970 EXPO 70 Subject: Southern Cross & Message Designer: Arthur Leydin, Sydney Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Two-colour photogravure Plates: Paper: Unwatermarked paper incorporating Helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13 x 13.5 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) divided by vertical gutter.…
View More Australia Philately: 1970 EXPO 70 – 20c Southern Cross & MessageAustralia Philately: 1970 EXPO 70
On 16th March, 1970, 5c and 20c stamps will be issued to mark Australia’s participation in Expo 70, the international exposition being held in Osaka, Japan, from March to September, 1970. The 5c stamp will be on sale at all post offices for about two weeks, and the 20c for…
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