The First Fleet Departure : May 1787 

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The First Fleet Departure : May 1787
The First Fleet Departure : May 1787
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6361657
Area
Stamps
Title
The First Fleet Departure : May 1787
Face value
Country / area
Australia
Year
1987
Month
05
Day
13
Issue group
1987 The First Fleet Departure : May 1787
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Multi-coloured
Usage
Postage
Type
Presentation Pack
Theme / topic
Colonisation, Ships
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Phillip, Arthur
Item subject
The departure of the First (convict) Fleet to Australia in May 1787.
Michel number
1046#1050
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
1077#1081
Renniks number
Designer/Engraver
Passmore, Sue
Printing office
Publisher
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
The stamps depict aspects of the departure of the First (convict) Fleet to Australia in May 1787. 1. assembling of the convicts dockside, 2. a royal marine, 3. sailors preparing, 4. ferrying convicts & materiel to the waiting ships, 5. ships at sail.