Australia Philately: 1986 Australia Day

Details Date of Issue: 24 January 1986 Withdrawn Date: 31 July 1986 (stamp) 6 February 1986 (first day cover) Invalidated: Designer: Ray Meeks, Sydney Typography: Goodwin Design, Sydney Printer: Leigh Mardon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)…

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Bahamas Philately: 1985 – 1980 Definitive Series (New Watermark) – 3c Blackbeard the Pirate, 1718

Details 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

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Bahamas Philately: 1985 – 1980 Definitive Series (New Watermark)

Details Date of Issue: 6 November 1985 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper: 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…

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Bahamas Philately: 1985 – 1980 Definitive Series (New Watermark) – 1c Landfall of Columbus, 1492

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Australia Philately: 1985 Terra Australis: Coastal Shipwrecks – 33c Astrolabe Batavia 1629

Details Series: 1985 Terra Australis: Coastal Shipwrecks Subject: Astrolabe 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

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