Sailboard riding is a recently developed water sport, combining basic principles of sailboarding and surfing. The sport originated in California in the late 1960s. Paradoxically, sailboarding was not taken up immediately in surf-loving countries. It became the “in” sport of the sheltered lakes of Europe, and from there the sport…
View More Australia Philately: 1990 Sport Series II – 10c SailboardingAustralians consider themselves a sporting nation. Certainly, Australians have an enviable record of participation and success in international sporting competition. Our current definitive stamp series features Australians’ sporting involvement. Stamp illustrations capture Australians participating in sports at grass-roots level – for sheer enjoyment rather than for international accolades. Five Sports…
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View More Australia Philately: Australia Post Publications (1990-1999)Post Office Products Australia Post Publications First Day Covers Pre-Stamped Envelopes 1990 1990 Sport Series II 1990 Sport Series II (New Values) 1991 1991 Sport Series III 1991 Exploration Albany WA 1992 1992 350th Anniversary of Tasman’s Landing in Tasmania 1993 1993 200th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Bellona…
View More Australia Philately: Stamps and Postal Products (1990-1999)Youth hostels are an international phenomenon. Their aim is to: … help all, but especially young people of limited means to a greater knowledge and understanding of the world, particularly by providing hostels for them in their travels and thus promoter their health, education and recreation. On 13 September 1989…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 50th Anniversary of Australian Youth HostelsDetails Series: 1989 Gardens of Australia (Part II) Subject: Mawarra – Victoria Designer: Jim Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio Illustrator: David Nelson, Melbourne Engraver: Bruce Stewart, Reserve Bank of Australia Printer: CPE Australia Ltd, Melbourne, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leigh-Mardon Ltd Reserve Bank of Australia, Note Printing Branch Press: Heidelberg…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 Gardens of Australia (Part II) – $5 Mawarra – VictoriaDetails Series: 1989 Gardens of Australia (Part II) Subject: Nooroo – New South Wales Designer: Jim Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio Illustrator: David Nelson, Melbourne Engraver: Bruce Stewart, Reserve Bank of Australia Printer: CPE Australia Ltd, Melbourne, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leigh-Mardon Ltd Reserve Bank of Australia, Note Printing Branch…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 Gardens of Australia (Part II) – $2 Nooroo – New South WalesPart 2 of the superb new Gardens definitive stamp series will be issued by Australia Post on 13 September 1989. The $2 and $5 stamps (like the $10 stamp issued earlier this year) are produced using a combination of intaglio and photolithographic printing processes. The scene depcited on the $2…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 Gardens of Australia (Part II)An exhibition of paintings which opened on 17 August 1889 at Buxton’s galleries, opposite the Melbourne Town Hall, is regarded as an artistic milestone in Australia. Known as the “9 x 5 Impression Exhibition”, it launched a distinctively Australian school of painting. The 9 x 5 Exhibition gained its name…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 Australian ImpressionistsDetails Series: 1989 Sport Series II (New Value) Subject: Cycling Typography: Sue Passmore, Russell Bevers Design, Melbourne Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Moorabbin Press: Process: Photolithography Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Black – Yellow-Green Paper: Harrison Watermark: None Perf: 14 x 14.4 (comb) at Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Moorabbin (stamps and…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 Sport Series II (New Value) – 41c Cycling (Stamp Booklet)