“SMITHY” STAMP
AFPROPRIATE DESIGN MELBOURNE, Dec. 15. "ft is expected that the special stamp to commemorate the achieve meats of Air-Commodore Kingston! Smith will be ready for distribution throughout the Commonwealth in February. The the new issue is particularly appropriate. The. m,nin features are two hemispheres surmounted by a reproduction of the .Southern Cross, in which Kingston,!-,Smith made his historic flights. The spheres are flanked by two classic pillars of finin' and a spray of laurel loaves appears at, the bottom between the spheres.
Superimposed oil the top of the stamp is the badge of the Royal Australian Air Force.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17453, 30 December 1930, Page 7
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100“SMITHY” STAMP Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17453, 30 December 1930, Page 7
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