Australia 1947 2½d Red, Princess Elizabeth
Australia · 1947 · 2½d
This definitive stamp features a portrait of Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II, based on a photograph by Dorothy Wilding. The design is framed by wattle and gum leaves, national symbols of Australia, and is printed in a distinctive carmine-red color.
Issued to commemorate the 21st birthday of Princess Elizabeth, this stamp was part of the Gloucester series of definitives and was widely used for standard postage within the British Commonwealth.
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