Opening of the Telephone Caple between Australia and Tasmania issue, Australia, 1936
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1936
Issuing entity
AustraliaThe Opening of the Telephone Caple between Australia and Tasmania issue comprises 2 postage stamps released by Australia on 1 April 1936. The StampWorld catalogue lists 2 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 128, 129), printed in 2 design types.
Values and colours recorded for the issue: 2P red; 3P blue. Design: Frank D. Manley. Engraving: Frank D. Manley. Perforation: 11½. Watermark: 1. Quantities issued, as recorded: 2P 89116000; 3P 3902000. The photographs come from Wikimedia Commons and show stamps of this issue; each is credited individually. Identification note: compare the value, colour and perforation together; shades, perforation varieties and later printings are not separated in this entry. Details follow the StampWorld catalogue page; they have not been checked against the issuing postal administration's records.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 1
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Perforation
- 11½
- Watermark (StampWorld type no.)
- 1
Design
- Design
- Frank D. Manley
- Engraving
- Frank D. Manley
- Values and colours
- 2P red · 3P blue
Identification
- Issue date
- 1 April 1936
- Distinguishing features
- Value, colour and perforation together
- Design types (StampWorld)
- V, V1
- Catalogue numbers to match
- StampWorld 128, 129
Catalogue references
- StampWorld128, 129
Research required
- Confirm values, perforations and printings against Stanley Gibbons, Scott or Michel.