Details Series: 1976 Australian Explorers Subject: Hume & Hovell Designer: Brian Dunlop, Sydney Printer: Note Issue Department, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Press: Chambon Process: Photogravure Colours: Dull Yellowish Green – Buff – Rose Red – Grey Black Tint – Black (printing order) Paper: Shoalhaven KP5D unwatermarked coated stamp paper incorporating helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.25…
View More Australia Philately: 1976 Australian Explorers – 18c Hume & HovellDetails Series: 1976 Australian Explorers Subject: Ernest Giles Designer: Brian Dunlop, Sydney Printer: Note Issue Department, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Press: Chambon Process: Photogravure Colours: Brown Ochre – Cobalt – Reddish Brown Tint – Black (printing order) Paper: Shoalhaven KP5D unwatermarked coated stamp paper incorporating helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb) Sheet: Printed…
View More Australia Philately: 1976 Australian Explorers – 18c Ernest GilesDetails Series: 1976 200th Anniversary of American Independence Subject: Map of North America Designer: Wallsall Security Printers Ltd Printer: Wallsall Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper: Watermark: Multiple Crown CA diagonal (sideways) Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: 1A 1A 1A 1A 1B 1B 1B 1B 1C 1C 1C 1C 1D 1D 1D 1D Sheet: 50 stamps in…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1976 200th Anniversary of American Independence – 16c Map of North AmericaJohn Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore PC (1730 – 25 February 1809), known as Lord Dunmore, was a Scottish nobleman and colonial governor in the American colonies and The Bahamas. He was the last colonial governor of Virginia. Lord Dunmore was named governor of the Province of New York in…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1976 200th Anniversary of American Independence – $1 John Murray, 4th Earl of DunmoreThe American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), gaining independence from the British Crown, establishing the constitution that created the United…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1976 200th Anniversary of American IndependenceA temporary post office was provided at the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, between 29th May and 6th June, 1976, during the Leisuretime Show. A special postmarker was used at the temporary post office to cancel 1,287 articles, including six registered. Details Date: 29 May 1976 – 16 June 1976 Quantity: 1,287 articles…
View More Australia Philately: 1976 Leisuretime Show ’76A pictorial postmarker was used to cancel 1,479 articles, including six registered, at the temporary post office provided at the Sydney Hilton Hotel between 24th and 28th May, 1976, for the Seventh International Coal Preparation Conference. Details Date: 24 May 1976 – 28 May 1976 Quantity: 1,479 articles 1,473 (ordinary) 6 (registered)
View More Australia Philately: 1976 7th International Coal Preparation ConferenceFrom 13th to 18th May, 1976, a special postmarker was used to cancel 921 articles, including seven registered, at a temporary post office provided at the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, for the Toastmasters Downunder 1976 Conference. Details Date: 13 May 1976 – 18 May 1976 Quantity: 921 articles 914 (ordinary) 7 (registered)
View More Australia Philately: 1976 Toastmasters Downunder 1976 Conference“Energy, Food and Environment” was the theme of the 47th Congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Hobart University between 10th and 14th May, 1976. A special postmarker was used to cancel 4,785 articles, including 22 registered, at a temporary office at…
View More Australia Philately: 1976 47th A.N.Z.A.A.S. Congress