Issue date: 07 September 2021
Overview
These 20th century advertisements recall a bygone era of both poster design and Australian manufacturing.
Designer
Sonia Young, Australia Post Design Studio.
Products released in this issue
- Stamps 5 x 70c
- Minisheet
- Covers (blank pictorial, minisheet, self-adhesive and gummed)
- Stamp pack
- Special sheetlet pack
- Maxicards
- Roll of 100
- Collector pack
- Strip of five
- Gutter strip with design
Technical specifications
| Issue date | 19 August 2014 |
| Issue withdrawal date | 28 February 2015 |
| Denomination | 5 x 70c (se-tenant) |
| Stamp design | Sonia Young, Australia Post Design Studio |
| Product design | Sonia Young, Australia Post Design Studio |
| Paper: gummed | Tullis Russell |
| Printer - gummed | McKellar Renown |
| Paper self-adhesive | B90 |
| Printer self-adhesive | McKellar Renown |
| Printing process | Lithography |
| Stamp size(mm) | 26mm x 37.5mm |
| Minisheet size (mm) | 170mm x 80mm |
| Perforations | 14.60 x 13.86 |
| Sheet layout | Module of 50, Printed gutter with design |
| FDI postmark | Port Melbourne, VIC 3207 |
| FDI withdrawal date | 17 September 2014 |
Stamps in this issue
Philip Island
The engaging Little Penguin promoting the attractions of Phillip Island in Victoria was illustrated by J. Miller Marshall in the 1930s. It was one of many commissioned by Victorian Railways from the best commercial artists of the day.
Harper’s Empire Self-Raising Flour
Harper’s Empire flour, made by Robert Harper & Co., was a popular household brand throughout the country in the 1920s and 1930s, with factories in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Fremantle.
Fly TAA the Friendly Way
Perhaps the most famous of all Australian posters, this striking c. 1954 Trans Australian Airways (TAA) advertisement featured model Nola Ray.
Jacko Shoe Shine
The kookaburra, commonly called the jackass, was the emblem of the Melbourne-based Jacko Polish Company, for which artist James Northfield designed this poster in the 1930s.
Swallow & Ariell’s Teddy Bear
The label from Port Melbourne manufacturer Swallow & Ariell was made in the 1940s for the front of a grocer’s dispensing tin containing teddy bear biscuits.
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