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Australia

Australia Philately: 1982 150 Years of Secondary Education in Australia

thedigitalphilatelist 10/02/1982

A new pre-stamped envelope will be issued by Australia Post on 10 February 1982. The envelope will commemorate 150 Years of Secondary Education in Australia. In Australia’s early colonial period, secondary education was aimed at providing schooling for the children of the self-styled gentry of Botany Bay. Small independent academies…

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Bahamas

Bahamas Philately: 1982 Centenary of the Discovery of the Tubercle Bacillus (1882-1982)

thedigitalphilatelist 03/02/1982

1982 marks the centenary of the discovery by Robert Koch of the tubercle bacillus. The World Health Organisation and the International Union Against Tuberculosis join in celebrating this important scientific and humanitarian event. In 1882, on the 24th of March, he made known his monumental discovery of the tubercle bacillus…

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Australia

Australia Philately: 1982 Centenary of the Birth of Peter Dawson

thedigitalphilatelist 27/01/1982

World acclaimed Australian baritone, Peter Dawson (1882-1961), will be the subject of a new pre-stamped envelope to be issued by Australia Post on 27 January 1982. The envelope commemorates the centenary of Dawson’s birth. Peter Dawson has been described as Australia’s most famous baritone. He was born and educated in…

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