Category: Australia

Details Date of Issue: 1 November 1979 Withdrawn Date: Invalidated:  Designer: A. Collins Printer: Asher and Co., Melbourne Process: Offset Lithography Cylinders: Paper: Shoalhaven litho chromo paper with helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13 x 13.25 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R5 x 10) divided by vertical gutter. Quantity:  49,950,000…

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Details Series: 1979 Fishing In Australia Subject: Fishing for Pleasure Designer: Brian Clinton, Melbourne Printer: Note Issue Department, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Photogravure Press: Chambon press Cylinders:  Lilac (tint) – Dull Ultramarine (tint) – Slate Black (tint) – Black (printing order) Paper: KP6T unwatermarked paper incorporating luminescence (helecon) Watermark: None Perf:…

View More Australia Philately: 1979 Fishing In Australia – 35c Fishing for Pleasure

The last special issue for 1979 will be released on 24 October 1979 and will feature Fishing in Australia. The four denominations are 20c, 35c, 50c and 55c. Fishing is a popular pastime for many Australians and thousdands of hours are spent each year angling in both inland and coastal…

View More Australia Philately: 1979 Fishing In Australia

Details Series: 1979 Fishing In Australia Subject: Surf Fishing Designer: Brian Clinton, Melbourne Printer: Note Issue Department, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Photogravure Press: Chambon press Cylinders: Yellow Orange (tint) – Scarlet Vermillion (tint) – Sepia (tint) – Black (printing order) Paper: KP6T unwatermarked paper incorporating luminescence (helecon) Watermark: None Perf: 13.5…

View More Australia Philately: 1979 Fishing In Australia – 55c Surf Fishing

Details Series: 1979 Fishing In Australia Subject: Deep Sea Fishing Designer: Brian Clinton, Melbourne Printer: Note Issue Department, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Photogravure Press: Chambon press Cylinders: Ochre (tint) – Scarlet – Vermillion (tint) – Light Blue (tint) – Bright Blue (tint)  – Black (printing order) Paper: KP6T unwatermarked paper incorporating luminescence…

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View More Australia Philately: Australia Post Stamp Bulletin No.143 – October 1979

Details Date of Issue: 24 September 1979 Withdrawn Date: Invalidated:  Designer: A. Collins Printer: Asher and Co., Melbourne Process: Offset Lithography Cylinders: Paper: Shoalhaven litho chromo paper with helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13 x 13.25 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) divided by vertical gutter. Quantity: 7,818,000…

View More Australia Philately: 1979 Christmas (I)

The Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea) shown on the 50c stamp, is perhaps better known as the robin red-breast. This bird is common to south-eastern Australia but rare winter visitors to south-eastern Queensland have been sighted. In winter, highland snow may act as a shining backdrop to the brilliant colours of…

View More Australia Philately: 1979 Australian Birds – 50c Flame Robin

The Lovely Wren (Malurus lamberti amabilis) featured on the 40c stamp is a tropical form of the variegated wren species and lives on the Cape York peninsula in northern Queensland. The wren’s breeding season and the nest, constructed from grass and spider egg-sacs, is normally situated close to the ground.…

View More Australia Philately: 1979 Australian Birds – 40c Lovely Wren

The Forest Kingfisher (Halcyon macleayii) shown on the 15c stamp is found mainly along the northern part of eastern Australia and in the far north of the Northern Territory. The forest kingfisher is moderately abundant in these areas and lives in open forests and woodlands. The more southern population of…

View More Australia Philately: 1979 Australian Birds – 15c Forest Kingfisher