Stamp-AUS_1947_Newcastle_NSW-John-Shortland_error.jpg

Summary

Description	English: 1947 Australian stamps commemorating Sesquicentenary of Newcastle showing John Shortland but the designer actually illustrated his own father
Date	8 September 1947
Source	https://i.colnect.net/b/4400/415/John-Shortland.jpg linked from [this webpage https://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/138397-John_Shortland-Sesquicentenary_of_Newcastle-Australia ]
Author	Australian Post Office

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