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View More Australia Philately: 1974 Australian Paintings – First Day Cover No.60 (VIC)Category: Australia
Australia Philately: 1974 Australian Paintings – $4 Tom Roberts (1855-1931)
Details Series: 1974 Australian Paintings Subject: Tom Roberts (1855-1931) Designer: Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Press: Chambon Process: Multi-colour photogravure Cylinders: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Charcoal – Black Paper: Harrison unwatermarked paper Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 13.25 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 25 stamps (R5 x 5) divided by…
View More Australia Philately: 1974 Australian Paintings – $4 Tom Roberts (1855-1931)Australia Philately: 1974 Golden Jubilee Scottish Festival
A pictorial postmarker was provided in Melbourne from 6th to 16th April, 1974, during the Golden Jubilee Scottish Festival, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of thye Victorian Highland Pipe Band Association. The organisation was formed at Geelong on 12 April, 1924, and is the oldest of its type in Australia.…
View More Australia Philately: 1974 Golden Jubilee Scottish FestivalAustralia Philately: Post Office Museum Melbourne (3000)
Pictorial Postmarker A special posting box and pictorial postmarker were introduced at the new Post Office Museum, located at 90 Swan Street, Richmond, Victoria, on 5th April, 1974, for continuing use. The museum, which contains displays of historical items associated with the Post Office, provides Victoria with its first…
View More Australia Philately: Post Office Museum Melbourne (3000)Australia Philately: 1974 Matthew Flinders Bicentenary
A souvenir cover and six pictorial postmarkers were provided on 16th March, 1974, to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth in Lincolnshire, England, of explorer Matthew Flinders (1774-1814). Flinders’ most important voyage of discovery was his circumnavigation in 1801-3 of Australia in HMS Investigator in which he charted many miles…
View More Australia Philately: 1974 Matthew Flinders BicentenaryAustralia Philately: 1974 Moomba Festival
A pictorial postmarker was provided at a temporary post office at Melbourne, from 1st March to 11th March, 1974, during this year’s Moomba Festival. The design for the postmarker was the same as that used during the 1973 Moomba Festival. A total of 6496 articles, including 25 registered, were cancelled…
View More Australia Philately: 1974 Moomba FestivalAustralia Philately: Australia Post Philatelic Bulletin No.119 – March 1974
Australia Philately: 1974 Animals – 75c Feather-tailed Glider
Details Series: 1974 Animals Subject: Feather-tailed Glider Designer: Richard Bates Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Press: Chambon Process: Multicolour photogravure Cylinders: Green – Pink – Brown – Black (printing order) Paper: KP5D unwatermarked paper incorporating helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 13.25 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10…
View More Australia Philately: 1974 Animals – 75c Feather-tailed GliderAustralia Philately: 1974 Animals
Four examples of Australia’s distinctive fauna are depicted on a new series of long-term definitive stamps issued by the Australian Post Office on 13th February, 1974. The values and subjects are: 20c Wombat, 25c Spiny Anteater, 30c Brushtail Possum and 75c Feather-tailed Glider. All four stamps were printed in multicolour…
View More Australia Philately: 1974 AnimalsAustralia Philately: 1974 Animals – 30c Bushtail Possum
Details Series: 1974 Animals Subject: Bushtail Possum Designer: Richard Bates Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Press: Rembrandt Process: Multicolour photogravure Cylinders: Mustard – Brown – Grey – Red Paper: KP5D unwatermarked paper incorporating helecon Watermark: None Perf: 14.25 x 14.74 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R10…
View More Australia Philately: 1974 Animals – 30c Bushtail Possum