Australia Philately: 1982 Birth Centenary of Percy Grainger

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  Details Date of Issue: 7 July 1982 Withdrawn Date: 31 January 1983 Invalidated: Designer: Australia Post Graphic Design Section Printer: Mercury-Walch, Division of Davies Brothers Limited, Hobart,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…

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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…

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Bahamas 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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