Australian Pre-Decimal Stamps

1951 Centenaries
No WMK Perf 15 x 14

Aussie Al, Great job on this thread, very informative. Posts like this are what makes this forum so good. Thanks

Anniversary of Federation 1951
No WMK Perf 15 x 14

Food Production Series 1953
No WMK Perf 14½

Food Production Series 1953
No WMK Perf 14½

Queen Elizabeth Coronation 1953
No WMK Perf 15 x 14

Two different Imprint Blk's by W.C.G. McCracken. 1937 ½d Kangaroo CofA w/m from the Zoological series.

Beautiful stamps. It is just too bad I don't have examples of all of them. Yet. :o)

Stunning collection AussieAl, and all you others as well. Makes me consider expanding my collecting agenda again to Australia.
Hmmmmmm

Australian. W.C.G. McCracken, Imprint Blk's. CofA w/m. 1937 6d Kookaburra from the Zoological series.

These complete the set of different Imprint Blk's of W.C.G. McKracken.(for the 6d Kookaburra)

Nice stuff you're showing here finches, keep it up.

Tell me, W.C.G. McCracken Australian Note and Stamp Printer
was a private concern, correct?

But wasn't there also the government printer called
Australian Note and Stamp Printing ?

Lithograving, I will check to be 100% sure. The other Imprint Blk's from the 1937 Zoological set. CofA w/m.

Lithograving, GOOD Question you asked, 3 of us here have different answers so I had to edit my Post for accuracy. Apologies, I'm getting old.

With the retirement of the Commonwealth Stamp Printer J.B.Cooke in 1918, the Stamp Printing Branch was abolished. From then on printing Postage stamps was made the responsibility of The Note Printing Branch, Treasures Dept'.

In 1926 it was transferred to The Commonwealth of Australia. In 1959 it became the Note Printing Branch of the Reserve Bank of Australia.

So here we agreed on this, W.C.G.McCracken was a contracted Stamp Printer and "By Authority" etc was a shortened Imprint.