Category: Australia

3000 – MELBOURNE 3223 – PORTARLINGTON 3585 – SWAN HILL

View More Australia Philately: 1978 National Stamp Week – First Day Covers No.117 and No.118 (VIC)

Impressions: From the temporary post office at the Freemason’s Hall, North Terrace or by mail from Philatelic Sales Section, G.P.O. Box 4084, Adelaide, S.A. 5001. Details Date: 23 September 1978 – 29 September 1978 Quantity: 12,905 articles 29,893 (ordinary) 12 (registered)

View More Australia Philately: 1978 Stamp Show ’78

Impressions: From the temporary post office at the Showground or by mail from Philatelic Bureau, G.P.O. Box 9000, Melbourne, Vic. 3001. Details Date: 21 September 1978 – 1 October 1978 Quantity: 5,656 articles 5,644 (ordinary) 12 (registered)

View More Australia Philately: 1978 Royal Melbourne Show

They adapt well to environs and are found in south-eastern Australia. The male Superb Blue Wren takes on its colour when breeding. Outside the breeding season it becomes brown, like the female, except that its eye patches are paler and its bill remains black.  Details Series: 1978 Pre-Stamped Envelope Collection…

View More Australia Philately: 1978 Pre-Stamped Envelope Collection – Superb Blue Wren (Malurus cyaneus)

They are found in coastal regions of eastern and south-eastern Australia. The brightly coloured plumage of Crimson Rosellas varies according to the region in which it lives. They are quite tame and are often observed at picnic spots. Details Series: 1978 Pre-Stamped Envelope Collection Subject: Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans) Designer: Marg…

View More Australia Philately: 1978 Pre-Stamped Envelope Collection – Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

They are found in thickly-forested areas of south-eastern Australia. The male of the species has the coloured breast and the female’s underside is usually grey and sometimes flushed with pink. These graceful little robins continually flit around and are particularly skilful at catching on the wing.  Details Series: 1978 Pre-Stamped…

View More Australia Philately: 1978 Pre-Stamped Envelope Collection – Rose Robin (Petroica rosea)

Found along the east coastal regions of Australia, Rainbow Lorikeets are nomadic and are often seen travelling in flocks in search of flowering trees. The birds ar also extremely noisy and the sound of their screeching and rapid wing-beat attracts attention. In Queensland they are nicknamed ‘Bluey’. Details Series: 1978…

View More Australia Philately: 1978 Pre-Stamped Envelope Collection – Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)

They live in open forests and woodlands throughout Australia. The famous laugh of the kookaburra is a means of announcing the bird’s territory to intruders. They may live up to 20 years. Details Series: 1978 Pre-Stamped Envelope Collection Subject: Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas) Designer: Marg Towt, Melbourne Printer: Mercury-Walch Pty Ltd,…

View More Australia Philately: 1978 Pre-Stamped Envelope Collection – Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas)

Pelicans are widely distributed throughout Australia’s lakes, swamps and beaches. They are often seen swimming together in formation, which is thought to be a device to drive fish into shallow water. The pelican a living pre-historic relic. Fossil remains of pelicans which in Australia 30 to 40 million years ago…

View More Australia Philately: 1978 Pre-Stamped Envelope Collection – Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)

7018 – BELLERIVE

View More Australia Philately: 1978 Pre-Stamped Envelope Collection – First Day of Issue (TAS)