Celebrating 150 years of Australian Football this single 50 cent stamp features the earliest known engraving of a game of Australian football.
The engraving, entitled "Winter in Australia: Football in the Richmond Paddock" by Robert Bruce, depicts a game at Richmond Paddock, the parklands that today sit adjacent to the MCG. This image was first reproduced in the Illustrated Melbourne Post on 27 July 1866.
Special Features for this issue:
* PNC (Postal and Numismatic Cover): 2008 Issue 6.
Technical Details
* Issue date: 29 July 2008
* FDI withdrawal date: 26 August 2008
* Denominations: One x 50c
* Designer: Andrew Hogg
* Printer (gummed): Energi Print
* Paper (gummed): Tullis Russell
* Printing process: Lithography
* Stamp size: 26mm x 37.5mm
* Sheetlet size: 101mm x 156mm
* Perforations: 14.6 x 13.86
* Sheet layout: Sheetlet of 10
* National postmark: Melbourne VIC 3000
The engraving, entitled "Winter in Australia: Football in the Richmond Paddock" by Robert Bruce, depicts a game at Richmond Paddock, the parklands that today sit adjacent to the MCG. This image was first reproduced in the Illustrated Melbourne Post on 27 July 1866.
Special Features for this issue:
* PNC (Postal and Numismatic Cover): 2008 Issue 6.
Technical Details
* Issue date: 29 July 2008
* FDI withdrawal date: 26 August 2008
* Denominations: One x 50c
* Designer: Andrew Hogg
* Printer (gummed): Energi Print
* Paper (gummed): Tullis Russell
* Printing process: Lithography
* Stamp size: 26mm x 37.5mm
* Sheetlet size: 101mm x 156mm
* Perforations: 14.6 x 13.86
* Sheet layout: Sheetlet of 10
* National postmark: Melbourne VIC 3000
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