Details Series: 1968 State Floral Emblems Subject: Tasmanian Blue Gum Designer: Dorothy Thornhill 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: Sheet Numbers (Black) Sheet Numbers (Red)
View More Australia Philately: 1968 State Floral Emblems – 15c Tasmanian Blue GumCategory: Australia
Australia Philately: 1968 State Floral Emblems – 13c Pink Heath
The first floral emblem to be formally gazetted was that of the State of Victoria. The Victoria Government Gazette of 12th November, 1958, proclaimed the adoption of “the Pink Form of the Common Heath, Epacris impressa Labill., as the Floral Emblem of the State of Victoria.” This plant was first…
View More Australia Philately: 1968 State Floral Emblems – 13c Pink HeathAustralia Philately: 1968 State Floral Emblems – 6c Kangaroo Paw
Mangle’s Kangaroo Paw (Anigosanthos Mangesii D. Don) was proclaimed as the State flower of Western Australia in the Government Gazette of W.A. dated 18th November, 1960. This plant was first collected in the early years of the Swan River Colony, and was described by D. Don in 1836. It is…
View More Australia Philately: 1968 State Floral Emblems – 6c Kangaroo PawAustralia Philately: 1968 State Floral Emblems
The six new definitive stamps of the “Floral Emblems” series was issued on 10th July, 1968, as mentioned in the June bulletin. All were printed on unwatermarked coated paper incorporating Derby Luminescence, and four printing cylinders were used for each stamp. Colours listed in order of printing, are: 6c Kanagaroo…
View More Australia Philately: 1968 State Floral EmblemsAustralia Philately: 1967 Lions International (1917-1967)
Details Date of Issue: 7 June 1967 Withdrawn Date: Invalidated: Designer: Max Ripper, Melbourne Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Blue – Gold – Black Paper: Wiggins Teape – chalk coated with Helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R5 x…
View More Australia Philately: 1967 Lions International (1917-1967)Australia Philately: 1967 150th Anniversary of Australian Banking
Another new stamp will appear on 5th April, 1967, to mark the 150th anniversary of the beginning of banking Australia. Governor Lachlan Macquarie and a group of Sydney citizens established the first bank — the Bank of New South Wales — in 1817, and the first deposit was made on…
View More Australia Philately: 1967 150th Anniversary of Australian BankingAustralia Philately: 1967 150th Anniversary of British & Foreign Bible Society in Australia
A 4c stamp marking the 150th Anniversary in Australia of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Australia will be issued on the 7th March, 1967. Designed by Mr. Lance Stirling, of Ringwood, Vic., the stamp shows a pair of hands outstretched to receive a bible, symbolizing the Society’s distribution…
View More Australia Philately: 1967 150th Anniversary of British & Foreign Bible Society in AustraliaAustralia Philately: 1966 350th Anniversary of Dirk Hartog’s Landing
As announced earlier, the Hartog stamp will appear on 24th October, 1966, coincidental with the opening of a philatelic exhibition in Perth, W.A., commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Dutch seaman’s landing on the coast at Shark Bay. The designed is illustrated. Colours are : background blue; ship, rhumb lines…
View More Australia Philately: 1966 350th Anniversary of Dirk Hartog’s LandingAustralia Philately: 1966 75th Anniversary of the Royal Life Saving Society
The Royal Life Saving Society commemorative stamp to be issued on 6th July, 1966, is shown in the accompanying illustration. The background is light ultramarine, the wave pattern is a darker blue, “4c” is in white and the lettering and the swimmers are in black. Although the waves appear grey…
View More Australia Philately: 1966 75th Anniversary of the Royal Life Saving SocietyAustralia Philately: 1966 Decimal Definitive Series – 15c Galah
Details Series: 1966 Decimal Definitive Series Subject: Galah Designer: Betty Temple-Watts Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Paper: Wiggins Teape off-white – chalk coated with Helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R5 x 10) separated by horizontal gutter. Quantity: 13,012,100 Sheet Numbers
View More Australia Philately: 1966 Decimal Definitive Series – 15c Galah