Category: Australia

A 5c postage stamp will be issued on 4th June, 1969, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Labour Organization, and will remain on sale for approximately two weeks. Announcing this recently, the Postmaster-General, Mr. Alan Hulme, said that Australia is one of more than eighty…

View More Australia Philately: 1969 50th Anniversary of International Labour Organization

Details Date of Issue: 26 February 1969 Withdrawn Date: Invalidated:  Designer: J Mason Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Plates: Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) divided by horizontal gutter. Quantity: 185,390,000 Sheet Numbers

View More Australia Philately: 1969 6th Biennial Conference of International Association of Ports & Harbours

Details Series: 1968 Olympic Games Mexico Subject: Sunstone Symbol & Athlete Designer: Harry Williamson Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Plates: Paper: Wiggins Teape – chalk coated with Helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 13 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R5 x 10) divided by horizontal gutter. Quantity: 31,200,000…

View More Australia Philately: 1968 Olympic Games Mexico – 5c Sunstone Symbol & Athlete

Details Date of Issue: 2 October 1968 Withdrawn Date:  Invalidated:  Designer: Harry Williamson Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Plates: Paper: Wiggins Teape – chalk coated with Helecon Watermark: None Perf:  5c – 13.5 x 13 (comb) 25c – 13 x 13.5 (comb) Sheet:  5c – Printed in two panes of…

View More Australia Philately: 1968 Olympic Games Mexico

The original Wollongong post office was constructed in 1882. On 23 September 1968, a new building was officially opened by Postmaster-General Alan Hulme as the Wollongong Post Office and Telephone Exchange. The new building cost $1,226,400. Wollongong Central post office in Piccadilly Centre closed at noon on Saturday, 21 September…

View More Australia Philately: 2500 – Wollongong

Southland Centre, Cheltenham, was opened in September 1968 and was one of the premier shopping centres in Melbourne. References Wikipedia: Westfield Southland

View More Australia Philately: 3192 – Southland Centre

Details Date of Issue: 6 August 1968 Withdrawn Date: Invalidated:  Designer: Robert Ingpen Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Plates: Paper: Watermark: None Perf: 13 x 13.5 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10 x 5) divided by vertical gutter. Quantity:  5c – 9,983,5500 5c – 10,128,500…

View More Australia Philately: 1968 International Soil Science Congress/World Medical Association Assembly

Details Series: 1968 State Floral Emblems Subject: Waratah Designer: Nell Watson Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Plates: Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R5 x 10) divided by horizontal gutter. Quantity: Reprint: 29 June 1971 Sheet Numbers

View More Australia Philately: 1968 State Floral Emblems – 30c Waratah

Details Series: 1968 State Floral Emblems Subject: Cooktown Orchid Designer: Ralph & Paul Warner Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Multicolour photogravure Cylinders: Pink – Blue – Magenta – Green (printing order) Paper: Unwatermarked coated paper incorporating Derby Luminescence Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x  13.25 (comb) Sheet: Printed in…

View More Australia Philately: 1968 State Floral Emblems – 25c Cooktown Orchid

Details Series: 1968 State Floral Emblems Subject: Sturt’s Desert Pea Designer: Dorothy Thornhill Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x  13.25 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R5 x 10) divided by horizontal gutter. Quantity: Sheet Numbers

View More Australia Philately: 1968 State Floral Emblems – 20c Sturt’s Desert Pea