Australia Philately: 1965 Centenary of Birth of Sir John Monash (1865-1931)

Details Date of Issue: 23 June 1965 Withdrawn Date:  Invalidated:  Designer: Owen Foulkes & Wes Walters Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Red – Black – Yellow – Tan Paper: Wiggins Teape – chalk-coated with Helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb) Sheet: R5 x 12 (60 stamps) Quantity: 35,479,020 Sheet Number

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Malawi Philately: 1965 Provisional Overprints

Details Date of Issue: 14 June 1965 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Harrisons and Sons Ltd, London Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A 1A Sheet: R10 x 6 (60 stamps) Quantity: Quantities of existing stocks were overprinted for this provisional issue. New sheet numbers were applied in…

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Australia Philately: 1965 Sir Winston Spencer Churchill (1874-1965)

Details Date of Issue: 24 May 1965 Withdrawn Date:  Invalidated:  Designer: Karsh (P), P. E. Morriss Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Light Blue – Grey – Back Paper:  Harrison chalk-surfaced white paper (appx. 50%) Wiggins Teape – chalk-coated with Helecon (appx. 50%) Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 13.25 (comb) Sheet: R4…

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Bahamas Philately: 1965 Centenary of the International Telecommunication Union (1865-1965) – 1d I.T.U. Emblem

The International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) logo first appeared in 1947. Mr. Gerry Gross, the then Deputy Secretary-General of ITU, commissioned an emblem for the important International Telecommunication Conference (ITC) that was to take place in Atlantic City that year. The emblem – a globe with lightning flash – appeared on…

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Rhodesia Philately: 1965 I.T.U. Centenary

  Details Date of Issue: 17 May 1965 Date Withdrawn: 17 July 1965 Date Invalidated: 1 February 1969 Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Harrisons and Sons Ltd, London Process: Photogravure Paper: White paper with clear gum Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A 1A Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps) Quantity: 6d – 592,000 1/3d – 421,000 2/6d – 271,000 Subjects…

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Bahamas Philately: 1965 Centenary of the International Telecommunication Union (1865-1965)

The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Union, making it the oldest UN agency. The ITU was initially aimed at helping connect telegraphic networks…

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