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 VoyageAustralia 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 Voyage3000 – MELBOURNE
View More Australia Philately: 1986 Australia Day – First Day CoverDetails Date of Issue: 24 January 1986 Withdrawn Date: 31 July 1986 (stamp) 6 February 1986 (first day cover) Invalidated: Designer: Ray Meeks, Sydney Typography: Goodwin Design, Sydney Printer: Leigh Mardon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 DayDetails Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper: Watermark: CA Block Script Perf: 14.5 Cylinders: 2C (Cyan), 2C (Yellow), 2C (Magenta), 2C (Black), 2C (Sepia) Sheet: Quantity: Cylinders
View More Bahamas Philately: 1985 – 1980 Definitive Series (New Watermark) – 3c Blackbeard the Pirate, 1718Details Date of Issue: 6 November 1985 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper: Watermark: CA Block Script Perf: 14.5 Cylinders: Sheet: Quantity: Subjects 1c – Landfall of Columbus, 1492 3c – Blackbeard the Pirate, 1718 10c – Ceremonial Mace…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1985 – 1980 Definitive Series (New Watermark)On the evening of 3 August 1492, Italian Christopher Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships. The largest was a carrack, the Santa María, and the other two were smaller caravels, the Pinta and the Niña. Columbus first sailed to the Canary Islands where he restocked provisions…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1985 – 1980 Definitive Series (New Watermark) – 1c Landfall of Columbus, 1492