Australia Philately: Australian Stamp Bulletin No.161 – August-September 1982
Australia Philately: 1982 Birth Centenary of Percy Grainger – First Day of Issue (VIC)
3052 – UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 3074 – THOMASTOWN 3186 – NORTH BRIGHTON
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On 7 July 1982 Australia Post will issue a pre-stamped enveloped to commemorate the birth centenary of Pergy Grainger. Details Date of Issue: 7 July 1982 Withdrawn Date: 31 January 1983 Invalidated: Designer: Australia Post Graphic Design Section Printer: Mercury-Walch, Division of Davies Brothers Limited, Hobart, Tasmania Press: Six colour Roland Ultra Process: Offset Multi-colour…
View More Australia Philately: 1982 Birth Centenary of Percy GraingerBahamas Philately: 1982 The 21st Birthday of H.R.H. The Princess of Wales
The Princess of Wales, the former Lady Diana Spencer, was born on 1 July 1961, the daughter of the then Lord and Lady Althrop now the Earl Spencer and the Hon Mrs Shand-Kydd. The Earl, a former Captain in the Royal Scots Greys, was Equerry to the late King George…
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Australia Philately: 1982 Centenary of the Ashes – First Day of Issue (VIC)
3000 – DEGRAVES STREET 3032 – HIGHPOINT WEST 3074 – THOMASTOWN
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Australia Post will issue a new pre-stamped envelope on 24 February 1982. The pre-stamped envelope commemorates the centenary of the Ashes, the mythical symbol of supremecy in cricket between England and Australia. The first recognised test match between England and Australia was played in Melbourne in 1877 when the Australian…
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3020 – SUNSHINE 3074 – THOMASTOWN
View More Australia Philately: 1982 150 Years of Secondary Education in Australia – First Day of Issue (VIC)Australia Philately: 1982 150 Years of Secondary Education in Australia
A new pre-stamped envelope will be issued by Australia Post on 10 February 1982. The envelope will commemorate 150 Years of Secondary Education in Australia. In Australia’s early colonial period, secondary education was aimed at providing schooling for the children of the self-styled gentry of Botany Bay. Small independent academies…
View More Australia Philately: 1982 150 Years of Secondary Education in AustraliaBahamas Philately: 1982 Centenary of the Discovery of the Tubercle Bacillus (1882-1982)
1982 marks the centenary of the discovery by Robert Koch of the tubercle bacillus. The World Health Organisation and the International Union Against Tuberculosis join in celebrating this important scientific and humanitarian event. In 1882, on the 24th of March, he made known his monumental discovery of the tubercle bacillus…
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