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Provisional Booklet Queen
Elizabeth II
$1.00
29 September 1967
Contains: Four Panes of 5 x
4c
overprinted 5c QEII Red
Booklet Measures: 79mm x 40mm
The increase of letter postage from 4c to 5c was intended
for May 1967, and due to time constraints to prepare new plates,
existing stock was overprinted. The actual price increase was delayed until
October, by which time new plates were ready, but it was decided to release
the large quantity of prepared overprinted booklets first.
These booklets were known as the $1.00 Bar Booklets.
There were six versions of this booklet. Each had a
different slogan tab, as displayed on the right.
There were Edition Numbers on the back cover.
N for NSW
V for VIC
G for everywhere else. The following
Edition Numbers were produced. N67/1, V67/1,
G67/1
The First Series
(B107 - B112) had three insert pages, with the
second and third pages being blank. There are some versions of the V67/1
where the first page became the third page, making the first and second
pages blank.
A Second Series
(B113 - B118) also had three insert pages, with the
inside front and back covers being blank, as well as the third insert page.
The only Edition Number used for the Second Series was
V67/2
The Third Series
(B119 - B124) replaced the overprinted covers
with a new $1 cover and had three insert pages, all of which
had advertising, including the inside front and back covers.
The following
Edition Numbers were produced. N67/3, V67/3,
G67/3
Some of the G Editions had Wax
Interleaving, which is also known as Tropical Editions.
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