SUBMARINE CABLE.
A COMMEMORATIVE STAMP. The Commonwealth of Australia is making a habit of issuing commemorative stamps, the latest being two in connection with the opening of the Bass Strait submarine telephonic cable. This telephonic service, which was opened on April 1, links Tasmania with Australia and the rest of the world. The cable itself is the longest submarine telephonic cable in the world, measuring 161 nautical miles in length. By means of the carrier system of transmission it provides channels for the simultaneous operations of telephone, telegraph, and broadcast services.
Two stamps have been issued. The design is the same on each, and they will be on sale for a limited period only. The twopence is red and the threepence blue. The design makes an excursion into the classics. It depicts the figure of Amphitrite, Neptune’s wife, holding the ribbon of communication between the cable landings at Apollo Bay (Victoria) and Stanley (Tasmania). Originally it was intended to have outline maps of the Victorian and Tasmanian coasts as the design hut this idea seemed to offer but little scope for producing an attractive stamp, hence the substitution of the present design.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 172, 4 May 1936, Page 6
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192SUBMARINE CABLE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 172, 4 May 1936, Page 6
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