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This is a listing for a Hutt Commemoratives PNC Number 13. This PNC Commemorates the First Papal Visit to Australia on November 30, 1970 by Pope Paul VI.                                         This is number 31 of only 200 produced.　

THE AUSTRALIA COOK BICENNENTIAL 1970 30c stamp with date of cancellation, November 30, 1970 at NSW SYDNEY.  "PAPAL VISIT 1970 SYDNEY NSW 2000. The Silver Proof Australian Medallion designed by James Berry and struck at the Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, for Pacific Medallion  Ltd., a subsidiary company of Hutt Commemoratives, to commemorate the first visit of Pope Paul VI to Australia. The obverse is the left side bust of Pope Paul VI. POPE PAUL VI, AUSTRALIA, and 1970. The cover has a drawing of St. Mary's Cathedral Sydney  FIRST PAPAL VISIT to AUSTRALIA, POPE PAUL VI, SYDNEY 1970, and St. MARY'S CATHERDRAL SYDNEY.

Description:The silver proof medallion was designed by James Berry and was struck at the Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia, expressly for Pacific Medallions, Ltd. a subsidiary company of Hutt Coin Co. Ltd. It is the first medallion of a series planned for the future. The PNC cover design is also by James Berry and depicts St. Marys Cathedral, Sydney, the focal point of the Papal Visit. During the visit His Holiness Pope Paul celebrated two masses at the Cathedral and also met the Bishops of Australia and Oceania there as well.