File:Stamp 1966 Australia MiNr0383 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of Australia; 1966; commemorative stamp of the series "Christmas 1966"; The stamp motive shows a graphic by Lance Stirling under use of a pastel drawing by Miss Wendy Tamlyn (1934-2016) from Sydney in order to illustrate the Biblic quotations "Suffer the little children come me." (Mark 10, 13-16) and "I am the light of the world" (John 8, 12); The original drawing shows a group of believers (right and middle) with Mary+child (left) and a star on the sky (upper).; decimal issue; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 383; Yvert & Tellier: No. 345; Scott: No. 422
Color: black / light olive green on chalked (off-white) Wiggin's Teape paper, printed with Helecon-ink, luminescence on the frontside: pink, on the backside: blueish-grey
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 4 C (Cents)

Postage validity: from 19 October 1966
date QS:P,+1966-10-19T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1966-10-19T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 34.0 x 21.5 mm
Date (first issue date of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author "Postmaster-General's Department" (PMG) (1901-1975) of the Australian Federal Government under supervision of the British Royal Mail
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This image is protected by Crown Copyright because it is owned by the Australian Government or that of the states or territories, and is in the public domain because it was created or published prior to 1974 and the copyright has therefore expired. The government of Australia has declared that the expiration of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide. This has been confirmed by correspondence received by the Volunteer Response Team (Ticket:2017062010010417).

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Picture description Group of believers with Mary+child and star
First day of issue
Publisher "Postmaster-General's Department" (PMG) (1901-1975) of the Australian Federal Government under supervision of the British Royal Mail
Design Lance Stirling after an artwork by Wendy Tamlyn (1934-2016)
Printer "Note Printing Branch" (NPB) of the "Reserve Bank of Australia" (RBA), Melbourne (Australia)
Printing technique Photogravure
Circulation 174,591,069 in sheets à 100 stamps
Perforation Comb perforation, K 13¼ : 13½
MICHEL Nr. Australien (AU), Nr. 383 (this stamp)
SCOTT Nr. Australia (AU) No. 422 (this stamp)

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