Category: Australia

View More Australia Philately: Australia Post Stamp Bulletin No.184 – July 1986

Banks had two artists on him. Alexander Buchan died during their stay in Tahiti so the task of graphically recording the startling botanical finds rested solely with Sydney Parkinson.  In order to acomplish this monumental task Parkinson developed a kind of artistic shorthand. He drew outline sketches of the plants,…

View More Australia Philately: 1986 Flora of Cook’s Voyage

  Australia Post will issue six new stamps on 12 March 1986. The stamps honour Cook’s Voyage and form part of the on-going Australian Bicentennial Collection. In particular, the stamps pay homage to the work of Cook’s best-known companion on the Endeavour, the botanist Joseph Banks.  Early in his career…

View More Australia Philately: 1986 New Holland: Cook’s Voyage

3000 – MELBOURNE

View More Australia Philately: 1986 Australia Day – First Day Cover

Details Date of Issue: 24 January 1986 Withdrawn Date: 31 July 1986 (stamp) 6 February 1986 (first day cover) Invalidated: Designer: Ray Meeks, Sydney Typography: Goodwin Design, Sydney Printer: Leigh Mardon Pty. Limited, Melbourne Press:  Process: Photo-lithography Colours:  Paper: APWH stamp paper Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Sheet: Issued in sheets of 100 stamps (R10 x 5)…

View More Australia Philately: 1986 Australia Day

View More Australia Philately: Australian Stamp Bulletin No.182 – January 1986

Details Series: 1985 Terra Australis: Coastal Shipwrecks Subject: Silver Buckle Zeewijk 1727 Designer: Garry Emery, Melbourne Printer: Cambec Press, Melbourne Press:  Process: Photo-lithography Colours:  Paper: APWH stamp paper Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 (comb) Sheet: Issued in sheets of 50 stamps printed in two panes (R5 x 5), separated by horizontal gutter. Quantity:  Gutter Strip

View More Australia Philately: 1985 Terra Australis: Coastal Shipwrecks – $1 Silver Buckle Zeewijk 1727

3225 – QUEENSCLIFF

View More Australia Philately: 1985 Terra Australis: Costal Shipwrecks – First Day Cover (VIC)

Details Series: 1985 Terra Australis: Coastal Shipwrecks Subject: Encrusted Scissors Zeewijk 1727/Wooden Blocks Batavia 1629 Designer: Garry Emery, Melbourne Printer: Cambec Press, Melbourne Press:  Process: Photo-lithography Colours:  Paper: APWH stamp paper Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 (comb) Sheet: Issued in sheets of 50 stamps printed in two panes (R5 x 5), separated by horizontal gutter. Quantity:  Gutter Strip

View More Australia Philately: 1985 Terra Australis: Coastal Shipwrecks – 90c Encrusted Scissors Zeewijk 1727/Wooden Blocks Batavia 1629

Details Series: 1985 Terra Australis: Coastal Shipwrecks Subject: German Beardman Jug Vergulde Draeck 1656 Designer: Garry Emery, Melbourne Printer: Cambec Press, Melbourne Press:  Process: Photo-lithography Colours:  Paper: APWH stamp paper Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 (comb) Sheet: Issued in sheets of 50 stamps printed in two panes (R5 x 5), separated by horizontal gutter. Quantity:  Gutter Strip

View More Australia Philately: 1985 Terra Australis: Coastal Shipwrecks – 50c German Beardman Jug Vergulde Draeck 1656