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 –…
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Australia 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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Australia Philately: 1971 Asia Australia – First Day Cover No.18 (WA)
Australia Philately: 1971 Asia Australia – First Day Cover No.18 (NSW)
Australia Philately: 1971 Asia Australia – First Day Cover No.18 (NT)
Australia Philately: 1971 28th International Congress of Orientalists
The date of issue of the three stamps coincided with the 28th International Congress of Orientalists, held at Canberra from 6th to 12th January, 1971. A temporary post office, with a special postmarker, was provided for the congress. The First International Congress of Orientalists was held at Paris in 1873,…
View More Australia Philately: 1971 28th International Congress of OrientalistsAustralia Philately: Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement (3585)
The Swan Hill Folk Museum was opened in 1962 and designed by the community and Roy Gounds and associates, Lindsay Pryor and Robert Ingpen (Australian stamp designer). The post office was opened in August 1970 as the Swan Hill Folk Museum. On 27 September 1971, the name was changed to…
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The Seaford post office was opened in 1971. 1977 1978
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The new Ringwood post office was officially opened at 2.15pm on Tuesday, 1 August 1972 by the Hon. P. Howson, M.P., Minister for the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts and Minister in Charge – Tourist Activities. 1971 1972 Ringwood became a Philatelic Sales Centre on 7 August 1972. 1975 1976…
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