First Issues Collectors Club
of stamps and philatelic material
Home - Catalog - Categories - Index - Journal - Exhibits - Auctions - Forgeries - Join
Norfolk Island
10th June 1947
 |
 |
 |
| 1-12 | xxx |
perf 14, "POST OFFICE" wmk, engraved
Printed by the Reserve Bank of Australia
| Description | Scott | SG | Mi | Y&T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toned Paper † | ||||||
| ½ penny orange | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1d bright violet | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1½d emerald green | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 2d reddish violet | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 2½d scarlet | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 3d chestnut | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 4d claret | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 5½d indigo | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 6d purple-brown | 9 | 9 | ||||
| 9d magenta | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 1 shilling grey-green | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 2/- yellow bistre | 12 | 12 | ||||
 |
White paper colour variants |
| Sc19-20 SG6a, 12a |
† Gibbons notes later printings (1956-59) suffixed "a" of some values on white paper, some with colour variations (3d emerald-green (Sc19), 2/- deep blue (Sc20)).
Norfolk Island was first settled from New South Wales, but administration transferred to Tasmania in 1844. It became a separate settlement in 1856 and an external Australian Territory in July 1914. Australian stamps were used until 1947. Unusually amongst the external territories, it maintains an independent postal system.