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  • Australia Philately: 2018 Convict Past

  • Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era

  • Australia Philately: 1996 Tercentenary de Flamingh’s Voyage

  • Australia Philately: 1991 Exploration Albany WA

  • Australia Philately: Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt

  • Australia Philately: Edward John Eyre

  • Australia Philately: George Vancouver

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    Australia Philately: 2018 Convict Past

    This stamp issue commemorates the end of convict transportation to Australia, in 1868. Convict transportation began with the arrival of the First Fleet, in 1788, carrying 751 convicts from England. Eighty years later, the Hougoumont was the last convict ship to arrive here, delivering 279 prisoners to Fremantle, including 62…

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    Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era

    The Colonial Collection – a new series of stamp issues – is about to carry Australian historical themes beyond the Bicentenary. The first stamps, a se-tenant strip of five 39c stamps depicting the The Pastoral Era, will be released on 10 May 1989. The period between 1810 and 1850 saw…

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    Australia Philately: 1996 Tercentenary de Flamingh’s Voyage

    A se-tenant pair of stamps will be issued on 1 November to commemorate the 300th anniversary (tercentenary) of the voyage of Willem de Vlamingh to explore the coast of Australia and his landing on Christmas Island. The stamps feature a painting titled Portrait of a Dutch Navigator by artist Jan…

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    Australia Philately: 1991 Exploration Albany WA

    A stamp and miniature sheet will honour two famous exporers whose names are forever linked with the rugged south coast of Western Australia. The first of the two is the English navigator, George Vancouver, who visited the coast in 1791 and named the spectactular King George Sound where the port…

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    Australia Philately: Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt

    Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813 – c.1848), was a Prussian explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia. He arrived in Sydney on 14 February 1842. His aim was to explore inland Australia and he was hopeful of a government appointment in his fields of…

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Kyle’s Stamps: Fantastic High Value Stamp British Guiana #7

thedigitalphilatelist 10/10/2021

This British Guiana stamp has a catalog value of $13,000.00. Kyle’s Stamps snagged it with a 70% off deal. What a beautiful and rare stamp indeed.  He also shows some cool Albania and Germany philatelic oddities he came across.

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Thematic: World Wide Fund for Nature

thedigitalphilatelist 10/10/2021

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment. It was formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in Canada and the United…

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Vatican City

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Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State, is an independent city state and enclave located within Rome, Italy. The Vatican City State, also known simply as the Vatican, became independent from Italy with the Lateran Treaty (1929), and it is a distinct territory of the Holy See, itself a sovereign…

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Bahamas

Bahamas Philately: Statue of Christopher Columbus

thedigitalphilatelist 10/10/2021

The Statue of Christopher Columbus which stands on the steps leading to Government House, was modelled in London by the Aide to Washington Irving, and presented to The Bahamas in 1830 by one of its Governors, Sir James Carmichael Smythe. Postcards Mardon, Son & Hall Ltd (No.1-39) 1957 – American…

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Smithsonian National Postal Museum: Hitting a Home Run

thedigitalphilatelist 09/10/2021

If someone told you a team shirt had been worn by a famous player during a game, would you believe them? Off-the-rack baseball jerseys that never saw game time were fraudulently advertised as “game worn.” Watch the video to learn more about how the US Postal Inspection Service investigated this…

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Ted Talks Stamps: Episode 47 – My Top 10 20th Century

thedigitalphilatelist 09/10/2021

In this episode, Ted Talks Stamps bring you his favorite United States postage stamps issued between 1951-2000, as well as the favourite stamps submitted by 2 of his viewers.

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Sarawak Specialists Society: Postal History of North Borneo 1936-1952

thedigitalphilatelist 09/10/2021

From Company to Colony – Postal History of North Borneo during the reign of King George VI. Peter Cockburn and the Sarawak Specialists Society displays the postal history – covers, censorship, airmails etc of North Borneo during the reign of king George VI.

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Gramps’ Stamps: A New Egypt Stamp Collection

thedigitalphilatelist 09/10/2021

Gramps’ Stamps picked up a second Egyptian stamp collection at his local show here in Central Oregon. Egypt was the first countries he purchased as a collection of, and fell in love the Nefertiti bust designs. This video is short preview of what he found, and will be followed by…

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Postal Pleasures: Swaziland Stamps – Goodwill Haul Bag 3

thedigitalphilatelist 09/10/2021

Postal Pleasures Presents: Swaziland Stamps – Goodwill Haul Bag 3 – Fun Old Postage Stamps From Eswatini Africa  

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Swaziland

thedigitalphilatelist 09/10/2021

The Swazis established their kingdom in the mid-18th century under the leadership of Ngwane III. The country and the Swazi take their names from Mswati II, the 19th-century king under whose rule Swazi territory was expanded and unified; the present boundaries were drawn up in 1881 in the midst of…

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