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1997 Emergency Services $20 Note & 10 Stamp Gutter Strip Premium Portfolio |
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Note Printing Australia and Australia Post jointly issued a Premium Portfolio in 1997 featuring an ES Prefix, Red Serials $20 polymer note and a specially produced gutter strip of 10 $1.20 postage stamps. The Portfolio pays tribute to Australia's Emergency Services. In particular, the Ambulance Service is featured on the gutter strip of stamps while the Royal Flying Doctor Service is recognised through the portrait of John Flynn, co-founder of the service, which appears on the reverse, overprinted side of the $20 note. A total of 1,000 Premium portfolio's were sold. The $20 note in the portfolio has the overprint and the serial number printed in red with a special serial prefix of ES (Emergency Services). Valuation :
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| 1999 | 125 |
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A further 2,000 Deluxe portfolio's were sold where the $20 note in the portfolio has serial number and overprint printed in black.There are significant premiums on low numbered portfolios. The following table provides an estimate of the value of the first portfolio which raised $1,400 for charity when it was initially offered for sale.
Valuation :
1997 Emergency Services
$20 Note & 10 Stamp Gutter Strip Premium Portfolio - First Set
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| 1999 | 1,350 |
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