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In the evening of the 26th the colours were displayed on shore, and the Governor, with several of his principal officers and others, assembled around the flag-staff, drank the King’s health, and success to the settlement with all that display of form which on such occasions is esteemed propitious, because…

View More Australia Philately: 1988 The First Fleet: Arrival 1788 – 37c Raising of the Flag

Supply rides at anchor as marines are ferried ashore. The wading birds in the foreground are white cranes whose appearance was noted was noted by Arthur Bowes Smyth in his journal.  Details Series: 1988 The First Fleet: Arrival 1788 Subject: Supply at Anchor Designer: Sue Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio,…

View More Australia Philately: 1988 The First Fleet: Arrival 1788 – 37c Supply at Anchor

The Fleet moves from Botany Bay to Port Jackson and into Sydney Cove. Kangaroos are sighted on the shore while Cockatoos flutter noisily overhead. Details Series: 1988 The First Fleet: Arrival 1788 Subject: Arrival at Botany Bay Designer: Sue Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio, Melbourne Printer: CPE Australia Ltd, Melbourne Process: Photolithography…

View More Australia Philately: 1988 The First Fleet: Arrival 1788 – 37c Arrival at Botany Bay

Sails are furled and anchors are dropped. The aboriginal family group in the foreground is based upon a painting by Louis-Claude Freycinet, a member of the Baudin expedition which visited New South Wales in 1801-03. Details Series: 1988 The First Fleet: Arrival 1788 Subject: Aborigines Designer: Sue Passmore, Australia Post Graphic…

View More Australia Philately: 1988 The First Fleet: Arrival 1788 – 37c Aboriginal Family

Watched by aborigines, the Supply heads towards Botany Bay. The next three ships arrived a day later.  Details Series: 1988 The First Fleet: Arrival 1788 Subject: Aborigines Designer: Sue Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio, Melbourne Printer: CPE Australia Ltd, Melbourne Process: Photolithography Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Grey-Green – Black…

View More Australia Philately: 1988 The First Fleet: Arrival 1788 – 37c Aborigines

View More Australia Philately: 1988 Australian Stamp Bulletin No.193 (January)

A further set of Australia Post Maximum Cards is due for release on 18 November 1987. The subject of the cards is the First Fleet at Cape of Good Hope.  There are three cards in the set, each carrying one of the First Fleet at Cape of Good Hope stamps…

View More Australia Philately: 1987 The First Fleet: Cape of Good Hope October 1787 (Maximum Cards)

Two distinct groups of sailors manned the ships of the First Fleet. The naval vessels HMS Sirius and HMS Supply were manned by members of the Royal Navy. The six convict transports and three storeships were merchant vessels hired for the voyage and crewed by merchant seamen. On the envelope…

View More Australia Philately: 1987 People of the First Fleet – 37c Sailors

A Corps of Marines (naval soldiers) was raised to sail with the First Fleet. Their duties were to guard the convicts and to provide the defence of the New South Wales settlement. Several marines kept diaries throughout the voyage; the most informative of which are the diaries kept by Marine…

View More Australia Philately: 1987 People of the First Fleet – 37c Marines

Comparatively little is known of the civilians who sailed with the First Fleet. In the main they were the wives and children of the marines, and about twenty-four children of convicts. Others, like Arthur Bowes Smyth were surgeons; there was the chaplain, Richard Johnson, with his wife Mary; plus assorted…

View More Australia Philately: 1987 People of the First Fleet – 37c Civilians