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Details Date of Issue: 23 June 1965 Withdrawn Date:  Invalidated:  Designer: Owen Foulkes & Wes Walters Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Red – Black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Details Date of Issue: 14 June 1965 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Harrisons and Sons Ltd, London Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: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Details Date of Issue: 24 May 1965 Withdrawn Date:  Invalidated:  Designer: Karsh (P), P. E. Morriss Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Light Blue –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  Details Date of Issue: 17 May 1965 Date Withdrawn: 17 July 1965 Date Invalidated: 1 February 1969 Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Harrisons and Sons Ltd, London Process: Photogravure Paper: White paper with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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