Category: Australia

View More Australia Philately: 1997 Australian Stamp Bulletin No.240 (June-July)

View More Australia Philately: 1996 Australian Stamp Bulletin No.237 (October-December)

Details Series: 1995 Endeavour Replica Subject: Endeavour Replica Captain Cook’s Endeavour Designer: Michelle Gauci, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio, Melbourne Printer: Owen King Pty Ltd, a division of McPherson’s Printing Group Press:  Process: Photolithography Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Gold – Black Paper: Harrison unwatermarked white paper incorporating helecon Watermark: None…

View More Australia Philately: 1995 Endeavour Replica – 45c Endeavour Replica & 45c Captain Cook’s Endeavour

Stamps showing both Captain Cook’s ship, the Endeavour and the recently launched Endeavour replica will be issued by Australia Post on 9 February 1995. The stamps will be issued as a se-tenant pair of 45c stamps. The same two designs, in values of 20c and 4 x 45c, will also…

View More Australia Philately: 1995 Endeavour Replica

View More Australia Philately: 1995 Australian Stamp Bulletin No.228 (January-February)

Australia’s first free white settlers arrived at Sydney Cove on the small transport ship Bellona on 16 January 1793. A pre-stamped envelope will be issued by Australia Post on 14 January 1993 commemorating the 200th anniversary of the arrival.  The settlers included farmers, Edward Powell, Thomas Rose and Joseph Webb;…

View More Australia Philately: 1993 200th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Bellona

 

View More Australia Philately: 1993 Australian Stamp Bulletin No.218 (January-February)

Australia Post will issue a pre-stamped envelope on 24 November 1992. The envelope marks the 350th Anniversary of Abel Tasman’s Landing in Tasmania.  On 24 November 1642 the Dutch navigator, Abel Janszoon Tasman sighted land on the west coast of what is now Tasmania. Tasman, commanding two ships, Heemskerck and…

View More Australia Philately: 1992 350th Anniversary of Tasman’s Landing in Tasmania

Australia is the world’s leading squash nation in terms of the calibre of its world champions and the number of participants at club and social level. A fast and exhilarating game, squash is played on a four-walled court, usually between two players, using ultra-light strung racquets and a small, hollow,…

View More Australia Philately: 1991 Sport Series III – 80c Squash

Netball is Australia’s most popular women’s sport. Originally known as women’s basketball, it was renamed in 1970 when the All Australian Netball Association was formed. Played indoors or outdoors, on hard or grass surfaces, netball differs from basketball in several ways, including a prohibition on dribbling and running with the…

View More Australia Philately: 1991 Sport Series III – 75c Netball