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Stamp of Australia; 1938; definitive stamp of the Issue "The British King George VI - I"; The stamp motive shows the youth King in Uniform; no left light in the background; pre-decimal issue; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 142C; Yvert & Tellier: No. 130A; Scott: No. 182
Color: scarlet
Watermark: Australia No. 6 (multiple charcters "C OF A" over crown, three columns, upwards, mirror writing)
Nominal value: 2 d (Penny)

Postage validity: from 11 July 1938
date QS:P,+1938-07-11T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1938-07-11T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 17.5 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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further special features of this stamp:
- background with heavy diagonal lines
- background has no (left behind the figure) lightened effect (with effect = Michel No. 142A)
- no chalked paper
- colour: scarlet
- other colours and watermarks = other catalogue numbers

  • The same stamp with ligthened effect (= Michel: No. 142A from 1937), mint
    The same stamp with ligthened effect (= Michel: No. 142A from 1937), mint
  • Maybe the photograph which has served as template for this stamp (same collar, same orders etc.), portrait photograph from 1938, by Walter Stoneman (1876-1958)
    Maybe the photograph which has served as template for this stamp (same collar, same orders etc.), portrait photograph from 1938, by Walter Stoneman (1876-1958)
Picture description portrait of the British King George VI
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 Frank Davis Manley (1894-1976) under supervision of John Ash, Melbourne, (initially)

Frank Davis Manley (1894-1976) under supervision of W.C.G.McCracken, Melbourne, (later)
Ronald Arthur Harrison (1891-1968)

Printer "Note and Stamp Printers", Melbourne (Australia) or

"Commonwealth Stamp Printers", Melbourne (Australia)

Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation 1,023,040 in sheets à 480 stamps
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14¾ : 14
MICHEL Nr. Australien (AU), Nr. 142C
SCOTT Nr. Australia (AU), No. 182

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