Blue Wren (Malurus cyaneus) - white paper

A trial printing from 1962, which was initially rejected as inferior to the Harrison white paper printing, but issued in 1965 due to a shortage of 2'5d stamps.
Colours : deep blue, light blue, or.. Read more »ange-brown, blue-grey and black.
Apart from the differences in shade, the inscriptions, particularly "BLUE WREN", stand out very much more clearly on this variety.
Also known as the Superb Fairywren

Country:	Australia
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	Queen Elizabeth II, Birds and Navigators
Nominal:	2'5 s
Year:	1965
Material:	Wiggins Teape hard-surfaced cream paper
Size:	25 x 30 mm
Perforation:	comb 13½
Mintage:	1,181,558