Details Date of Issue: 21 April 1971 Withdrawn Date: Invalidated: Designer: Richard L. Beck Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Orange – Red – Blue – Black (printing order) Paper: Wiggins Teape coated unwatermarked paper incorporating Derby luminescence Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of…
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Australia Philately: Australia Post Philatelic Bulletin No.107 – April 1971
Australia Philately: 1971 Moomba Festival
The annual Moomba Festival is being held over the period 26th February to 8th March, 1971, and the usual Victorian Philatelic Association Stamp Display will be a featrure of the festival, with an associated temporary post office. Details Date: 26 February 1971 – 8 March 1971 Quantity: 4,596 (ordinary articles)…
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A temporary post office was provided at the Masonic Centre, East Melbourne, from 22nd to 26th February, 1971, for the convenience of delegates to the 5th International Congress of the International Confederation for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Details Date: 22 February 1971 – 26 February 1971 Quantity: 3,998 (ordinary articles)…
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A special postmarker will be used at a temporary post office at the Hayon-Allen Building, Canberra, for the Fifth Commonwealth Education Conference, 3rd-17th February, 1971. Australian collectors may obtain impressions by forwarding fully stamped and addressed envelopes, under pre-paid cover, to the Postmaster, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601, to reach him…
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Australia Philately: 1971 Asia Australia – 20c Sea Craft
In the 20c stamp “Sea Craft”, an Australian lifesaver’s surf boat is the central motif, surrounded by a Red Sea dhow, a Chinese junk, a Malaysian river boat and a South Indian river boat. Details Series: 1971 Asia Australia Subject: Sea Craft Designer: Douglas Annand, Sydney Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of…
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New 7c, 15c and 20c stamps issued on 6th January, 1971, draw attention to the increasing links between Australia and its Asian neighbours. The stamps will remain on sale for about six months. The designs were prepared by Mr. Douglas Annand, of Sydney, and incorporate many drawings he made during…
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The 15c “Music” stamp depicts two Chinese instruments, pipes and a trumpet; an aboriginal didgeridoo; a Thai fiddle; an Indian double oboe and a Tibetan drum. Details Series: 1971 Asia Australia Subject: Theatre Designer: Douglas Annand, Sydney Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Pink – Green – Mauve –…
View More Australia Philately: 1971 Asia Australia – 15c MusicAustralia Philately: 1971 Asia Australia – 7c Theatre
Coloured panels on the 7c “Theatre” stamp will show an actor in a traditional Japanese Noh play, a male dance in the Australian ballet “The Display” and a character in a Chinese opera. Details Series: 1971 Asia Australia Subject: Theatre Designer: Douglas Annand, Sydney Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of…
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