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Australia Philately: Stamps and Postal Products (1990-1999)
Post Office Products Australia Post Publications First Day Covers Pre-Stamped Envelopes 1990 1991 1992 1993 1993 200th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Bellona 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1998 Bass and Flinders 1999
View More Australia Philately: Stamps and Postal Products (1990-1999)Australia Philately: 1989 Stage and Screen
On 12 July 1989 Australia Post will raise the curtain on a new set of stamps, paying tribute to the entertainment industry. The four stamps honour eight great names from Australian Stage and Screen. Australia’s first stage production was the Recruiting Officer, a play by George Farquhar, performed by a…
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Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c Explorers
The final stamp shows an explorer in the desert searching the horizon. The design is based on a water-colour painted by the explorer Edward Charles Frome during his 1843 expedition. Details Series: 1989 The Pastoral Era Subject: Explorers Designer: David Lancashire Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Melbourne Press: Process: Photolithography Colours: Red –…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c ExplorersAustralia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c Shepherds
Shepherds, usually assigned convicts, were a vital elements in the infant Australian pastoral industry. They protected flocks from bad weather, bushrangers and Aboriginal hunters. The design is based on one of Joseph Lycett’s Views of Australia published in 1824. Details Series: 1989 The Pastoral Era Subject: Shepherds Designer: David Lancashire Printer: Leigh-Mardon…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c ShepherdsAustralia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c Squatters
Squatters were pastoralists who illegally seized vast tracks of unclaimed land to run their sheep and cattle. By the late 1830s and early 1840s growing prosperity enabled many to build substantial homesteads. Details Series: 1989 The Pastoral Era Subject: Squatters Designer: David Lancashire Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Melbourne Press: Process: Photolithography Colours:…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c SquattersAustralia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c Pioneers
A simple wattle and daub hut was often the home of pioneers from all strata of society. Watched by Aborigines, a pioneed drives a dray loaded with wool bales. Details Series: 1989 The Pastoral Era Subject: Pioneers Designer: David Lancashire Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Melbourne Press: Process: Photolithography Colours: Red – Yellow…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c PioneersAustralia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c Immigrants
The design shows the arrival of an immigrant ship in the 1830s. It was in this decade that assisted immigration from the British Isles to Australia began. Details Series: 1989 The Pastoral Era Subject: Immigrants Designer: David Lancashire Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Melbourne Press: Process: Photolithography Colours: Red – Yellow – Magenta…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c ImmigrantsAustralia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era (Pre-stamped Envelopes) – 39c Pioneers in the Pastoral Era
Australia’s pastoral prosperity has its origins in the period 1810-1850 when the land was opened up by explorers and pioneers. In these early times nearly everyone could be called a pioneer, from poor farmers clearing land to politicians trying to establish representative government. In each case a detail from a…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era (Pre-stamped Envelopes) – 39c Pioneers in the Pastoral Era