Description: The stamp features a finely detailed graphic design shaped like an open book, rendered entirely in a rich sepia or dark brown ink against a warm cream paper background. The left page displays an illuminated-style miniature woodcut illustration of the Nativity, depicting the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph looking down in prayer over the infant Jesus lying in a manger. The right page features the year "1961" inscribed at the top, directly above the prominent English festive inscription "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace." Intricate, swirling floral scrollwork borders both margins of the open pages, adding to the historic archival aesthetic. Symmetrically framing the bottom border is the large country name "AUSTRALIA," balanced in the lower right corner by the face value denomination "5d."
Circa: 1961
Condition: Used - Hinged
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