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STAMP 'WILL
HONOR THE
RED CROSS
?A; 3id. postage, stamjJ to com
memorate the Australian- Red
Cross Society was. . ^issued on
Wednesday,, and will remain on
sale at: Australian post offices
for approximately one. month.
In stating' this the Postmaster
General (Mr. Anthony) said that
the Red Cross, in Australia com
menced operations1 on August 13,
1914, as a branch, of the British
Red Cross. Society,, .to. succour
the ' wounded in the first world
war. The Australian Red Cross
became, recognised as a: autono7
tnous Society In 192|Z .and in 1941
It was incorporated by, Royal
Charter. . , ,
Th.s present year is of 'par
ticular significance to the ited
Cross; Not oniy does-it mark' the
40 th anniversary of the ''Austra-
lian Society but it will be, cele
brated by- Red Cross organisa
tions throughout the v/orltl as
the 90th year'sjnee'the first-Genr.
eva.,Conveh'tl6n of 1064,' when .the
fieid ' Cro&^cam'^'intd' being as
an interna.tlohal'fprc? 'dedtcated
to. ..tlie caVe Of the' sick and
wounded In, times ol'war.
Mr. Anthony:said that the work
of the Red Cross Was oi?;excep,
tibnal national importance ,dnd
was known and .'appreciated
uiruuguuuL /lUiLIiUiU. 1VLUIO LllUli
800 Australian Red Cross; field
personnel served during World
War n in hospitals, 'wlieifever
there were sick arid wounded
Australians, and in peace, W in
war, 'the Society maintains many
vital services essential to the
communal welfare. 1 :
:? The new stamp will be printed
in two colors and will be the
second Australian by-colored
commemorative stamp, the first
being the Young Fanners' Clubs
stamp Issued on September' 3,
1953.- '
,v The ties' gn of the stamp com
prises a representation of part
of the Southern', Hemisphere,
with . tho- ? Australian continent
pronilijcntly £n the foreground.
,^nHe,}Red''cr05s emblem is shown
lrtr. the to^j- left corner within a
beam .ot light extbndlng to the
globe, .apd, the words 'Australian
:ROd.Cross:Society' appear in one
line in the top right corner.
:T)?e- Whole design Is intended
to ,ByinL;oll?ie the importance of
.pet). Crr5% in Australia an$ its
terrltbries.- ? '':
t *1^0 rel rro«i emblem' Will be
pr/pted-ln scarlet cplqr and' the
talahce of the design in blue. Tlie
fctamp will be of the same size
piVd.fOrmpl as the Young Farm
ery CluU?'. stamp j (28.5 mm' oe
23,5' mm).,-, printed i on ,unwater--
marked paper issued in sheets
of .120. . . i
$