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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

  • Australia

    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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Thematic Websites

Thematic: Medicine – Ophthalmology

thedigitalphilatelist 01/07/2020

Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine and surgery which deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in ophthalmology. The credentials include a degree in medicine, followed by additional four to five years of ophthalmology residency training. Articles History of Opthalmology told through postage…

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Thematic: Archaeology

thedigitalphilatelist 01/07/2020

Archaeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. Blogs Archeologia w filatelistyce Stamp Raider Websites Old…

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Thematic: Astrophilately

thedigitalphilatelist 01/07/2020

Astrophilately tells the story of the exploration of outer space with stamps and postmarked envelopes. It is the intersection of space and postal history. Covers cancelled on the date and at a post office near the controlling agency are used in postal exhibits to share the development and conquest of…

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Thematic: Telecommunication

James Gavin 01/07/2020

Telecommunication is the exchange of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that feasible with the human voice, but with a similar scale of expediency. This excludes…

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Exploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.7 – Namibian Crystal Stamps

James Gavin 01/07/2020

Exploring Stamps‘ Graham Beck explores Namibian and South West African stamps featuring minerals and crystals such as dioptase with interesting metaphysical properties.

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Thematic: Aerophilately

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Aerophilately is the branch of philately that specializes in the study of airmail. Philatelists have observed the development of mail transport by air from its beginning, and all aspects of airmail service have been extensively studied and documented by specialists. Blogs Aero-Philatelist Aerophilately International Civil Aviation Organisation Worldwide Airmail Stamp…

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YouTube

Exploring Stamps: Top Dead Countries to Collect

thedigitalphilatelist 30/06/2020

Forgotten names of countries that once existed. A dead country in philately is/was an entity that used to issue postage stamps and now no longer does. Exploring Stamps takes a fun top 10 countdown to explore the concept of dead countries in philately.

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Looking At Stamps: Nan Calora (Part 2)

thedigitalphilatelist 28/06/2020

This week, Russ Romano finishes his chat with Nan Calora. They laugh, talk about getting new stamps, laugh, talk about adhesive stamps, laugh, talk about crooked stamps, UN stamps and what to do with our stamps when we are gone. The website for UN stamps is unstamps.org. Listen HERE  …

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HRT3 Stamp Chats: $5 Stamp History

James Gavin 28/06/2020

HRT3 Stamp Chats takes a look at a 125 year journey through $5 US postage stamps and covers.

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YouTube

HRT3 Stamp Chats: The Golden Eagles Lindbergh & Earhart

James Gavin 28/06/2020

HRT3 Stamp Chats looks at the history of the Golden Age of Aviation through his collection of stamps and covers.

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