Category: Australia
Australia Philately: 1980 Australian Birds (I) – First Day Covers No.139A (VIC)
3000 – LA TROBE STREET 3020 – SUNSHINE 3192 – SOUTHLAND CENTRE
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Following the recently announced postal rate increases, Australia Post will issue three stamps on 31 March 1980 featuring Australian Birds. Their denominations and subjects are: 22c White-tailed Kingfisher; 28c Rainbow Bird and 60c King Parrot. The remaining five stamps will be issued on 1 July 1980. The new stamps are…
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Australia Philately: 1980 International Wine and Food Convention
A commemorative pre-stamped envelope will be issued on 13 March 1980 to celebrate the International Wine and Food Convention. The major functions will be held in Melbourne and Sydney and this will be the first occasion that Australia has hosted the International Wine and Food Convention. Details Date of…
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Australia Philately: Lakemba (2195)
The new Lakemba Post Office was opened on 2 May 1925 by P E Coleman, M.P., as a post and telegraphic office. The official opening was presided over by the Mayor of Canterbury, Alderman Ewan, and Mrs Coleman was the first to send a telegraphic message from the new office.…
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The new Grenfell Post Office was constructed c.1922 by local contractors, W Guthrie & Son. 1980 Grenfell became a first day of issue postmarker office on 20 February 1980. References COUNTRY NEWS. (1922, July 18). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 10.
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Boolaroo Post Office, located on the corner of Main Rd and Seventh Ave, was constructed in 1924. It was sold in the late 1990s. 1980 Boolaroo became a first day of issue postmarker office on 20 February 1980.
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The first special issued for 1980 will feature Dogs of Australia and will go on sale 20 February 1980. There are five stamps and the values are 20c, 25c, 35c, 50c, 55c. The dogs featured in this special issue are the Dingo, and the four working dogs of Australia, the…
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