1973 Christmas
The 1973 Christmas stamps are visual adaptations of texts from the Gospels according to St. Matthew and St. John, relating to the Baptism of Jesus and the Parable of the Good Shepherd. The designs are based on fifteenth-century woodcuts, a style of illustration traditionally associated with Biblical pictures. The stamps are a five-colour process featuring metallic ink.
Technical Details
Denomination: 7c and 30c
Stamp design: George Hamori
Printer: Note Printing Branch of the Reserve Bank of Australia
Process: Five-colour photograve, unwatermarked coated paper incorporating luminescence
Stamp size: 24.05mm x 37.5mm (7c), 25mm x 37.5mm (30c)
Perforation: 14 (7c) and 13 1/2 (30c)
Issue date: 3rd October 1973
The 1973 Christmas stamps are visual adaptations of texts from the Gospels according to St. Matthew and St. John, relating to the Baptism of Jesus and the Parable of the Good Shepherd. The designs are based on fifteenth-century woodcuts, a style of illustration traditionally associated with Biblical pictures. The stamps are a five-colour process featuring metallic ink.
Technical Details
Denomination: 7c and 30c
Stamp design: George Hamori
Printer: Note Printing Branch of the Reserve Bank of Australia
Process: Five-colour photograve, unwatermarked coated paper incorporating luminescence
Stamp size: 24.05mm x 37.5mm (7c), 25mm x 37.5mm (30c)
Perforation: 14 (7c) and 13 1/2 (30c)
Issue date: 3rd October 1973
The 1973 Christmas stamps are visual adaptations of texts from the Gospels according to St. Matthew and St. John, relating to the Baptism of Jesus and the Parable of the Good Shepherd. The designs are based on fifteenth-century woodcuts, a style of illustration traditionally associated with Biblical pictures. The stamps are a five-colour process featuring metallic ink.
Technical Details
Denomination: 7c and 30c
Stamp design: George Hamori
Printer: Note Printing Branch of the Reserve Bank of Australia
Process: Five-colour photograve, unwatermarked coated paper incorporating luminescence
Stamp size: 24.05mm x 37.5mm (7c), 25mm x 37.5mm (30c)
Perforation: 14 (7c) and 13 1/2 (30c)
Issue date: 3rd October 1973