David Mallen
Self-adhesive
$1.30 - from the sheetlets of 5 $1.95 - 11.3 x 11.1 simulated perforation Sheetlets 5 x $1.30& 5 x $1.95- self-adhesive stamps
Year of the Surf Lifesaver
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5 X $1.30 - $6.50 POSTAGE TO ASIA/ PACIFIC
Celebrating 100 years of surf lifesaving in Australia this issue included a lenticular self-adhesive stamp issued in a plastic-coated minisheet. The minisheet came in two sizes and contained two $2.45 stamps. Moving the minisheet back and forth also made the background image move - a rather spectacular effect of the wave breaking. The image of the inflatable rescue boat on the stamp is quite blurred until it reaches the top of the wave, giving it an illusion of motion. The free perforation gauge included with the March edition of Stamp News did not have a grid large enough for the simulated perforations on the $2.45 stamp. I had to revert to the scientific method to calculate the gauge (22 holes in 49.3mm = 8.9 holes in 20mm). Two other self-adhesive stamps (2 x 50c), four gummed sheet stamps (2 x 50c, $1 & $2) and four 'single stamp' gummed minisheets (2 x 50c, $1 & $2) completed this issue.
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Summary Description Issue Date Sheet stamps Perforation
4 Variations Island Jewels 5th March 2007 lOc Maria Island; 30c Rottnest Island; $1.30 Green Island; $1.95 Fraser Island; $2.60 Kan garoo Island; $3.85 Lord Howe Island 13.9 x 14.6- gummed sheet stamp
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