Australian FDC Guide

An illustrated guide to Australian First Day Covers.

Northern Territory Centenary of Settlement (1969-I01)

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Date of Issue	1969-02-05
Type of Cover	First Day Cover (gummed)
Description	Featuring the generic cachet and the stamp. As with many of the single issues, there are lots of covers floating around with pair or blocks or stamps, as the pictures show.
Stamps on Cover	5c
General Notes	This is a generic (aka "Shield") cover, the PMG produced the cacheted envelopes and post offices or collectors affixed stamps. There are a number of colour combinations of the shield patterns; solid or hollow, grey, dark grey, fawn or brown. These were blank envelopes and any combination of stamps may be found on them.