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Bush Tucker
Sheet layout and tête-bêche printing
The stamps will be printed in sheets of 50,
in two panes of 25, with a
decorative gutter.
The design takes advantage
of the tête-bêche printing
format, using it to enhance the
impact of the designs.
Tête-bêche printing alone might generate some
interest. It is not used as commonly as it once
was. When combined with the striking stamp
designs and some subtle design flourishes, this
Bush Tucker issue should spark interest and
study amongst committed collectors in
Australia and overseas.
For example: the design
bleeds into the selvedge at the
top and bottom of the sheet.
The gutter design bleeds
into the selvedge of the adjacent
stamps.
The bush banana motif which runs through
the gutter (and at the top of the facing page) is
directional. The bananas hang ‘down’ thus
defining the sheet’s top and bottom.
The individual stamps and the design set
itself make their visual statements when viewed
in isolation. As well they can be visually combined
with their tête-bêche ‘partners’ to create
additional views.
Looking at multiple stamps in the sheet, the
designs can be visualised as columns or rows.
Tête-bêche pairs dissolve into a single large
design, tête-bêche rows produce dramatic
blocks. The role layout plays in the perception
of the designs is most dramatically illustrated in
the full sheet.
The sheet is shown against a black background
to make it easier to see the perforations,
selvedges and other design features.
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Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3 Sequence A used for covers
Figure 4 Sequence B, used in packs
Double gutter strip
Standard products and sequences
This sheet of 50 stamps produces ten
(horizontal) se-tenant strips in two alternating
sequences (A and B).The two sequences
(Figures 3 and 4) and the individual strips
alternate along the length of the sheet.
Sequence A
Lilly-pilly, Honey grevillea,
Quandong, Acacia,
Murnong
Sequence B
Murnong, Acacia,
Quandong, Honey
grevillea, Lilly-pilly,
Booklet of ten x 49c, not tête-bêche
Sequence B will be used in stamp packs. This is
the only pack configuration available. Standard
covers will be produced with Sequence A.
Standing orders for design sets, covers and
gutter strips will be supplied as follows:
Design set
se-tenant strip of five x 49c randomly from Sequence A/B
without regard to selvedge or sheet position
Cover
with a se-tenant strip of five x 49c in Sequence A
Gutter strip
standard ten x 49c gutter strip
Standing order customers who want other
configurations should contact the Australian
Philatelic Bureau and amend their orders
before 23 August 2002.
Self-adhesive stamps
Unlike the gummed stamps, the self-adhesive
stamp in the booklets of ten x 49c are se-tenant
vertically (see above). Post will not produce
covers for the self-adhesive stamps.
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