CANBERRA OPENING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19732, 29 December 1926, Page 10

CANBERRA OPENING

COMMEMORATIVE STAMP A special l|d postage stamp will be issued in Australia to commemorate the opening of the first Federal Parliament .at Canberra on. May 9. 1927. Competi- ’ tivc designs were invited by the Com- • monwealth Government, and 354 were i submitted, of which 267 were from ; Australia an 4 54 from the United , Kingdom. The winning design was ■ submit! by Mr. IL A. Harrison, of El- ’ wood, n-.toria, who was awarded a ! prize of £lOO. Mr. Harrison is the en- ; graver and technical adviser to the i Commonwealth Ba nil in the note print- ' ing branch. The second prize of £5O was won by Mr. J. O. Lyons, of Pros- ■ pect. Adelaide. • The winning design has been sent to tLondon for the engraving of the steel ' die. All the other process will be » carried out in Australia. To satisfy tn*'I public demand, it is estimat 1 that • about 30.000.000 of the stamps will be 1 required. This number includes an al- ’ lowanee for about 3.000.000 philatelists •in various countries. The die of the ’ special design is expected to reach Aus- • tralia from England about the second ; week in January and the work of print- . ’ ing the huge number of stamps will be- ' gin immediately. The new stamps will l .be available at all post offices in the r I Commonwealth during the week the } (Duke of York opens Parliament at Can- ■ berm on May 9 next.