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Stamp of Australia; 1973; definitive stamp of the serie "Marine Life and Gemstonebd Life".: As stamp motive is depicted a "Agate" , a gemstone with Chalzedony and quartz as primary components of volcanic or metamorphic origins. "Agates" were used aleady in the antique Greece as ornamental stones.stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel:531I; Yvert & Tellier: No, 504; Scott: No. 559
Color: multicolored
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 7 C (Cents)

Postage validity: from 11 July 1973
date QS:P,+1973-07-11T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1973-07-11T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp as distance of the inner tangents of the perforation lines): 18.5 x 23.0 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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The stamp was printed on smooth chalked paper of the sort "KP5D" or "KP6T" (other source) with PVA-gum (= "Gummi arabicum") on the backside. This stamp was only distributed in regional post offices of the Australian federal state "Victoria" in the second half of the year 1973.

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Picture description "Agate"
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 John Mason (?)
Printer "Note Printery Branch" of the "Reserve Bank of Australia"
Printing technique Photogravure
Circulation 688,541,500
Perforation Comb perforaion, K 13¼ : 14

Other catalogue: K 14¾ : 14

MICHEL Nr. Australien, Nr. 531I
SCOTT Nr. Australia, No. 559

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