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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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Australia

Australia Philately: Portarlington (3223)

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The Portarlington Post Office was opened in 1888 and was designed in Victorian Tudor style by G B H Austin, assistant Public Works Department architect for the Western District. A new post was constucted in the late 1960s. 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978

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Australia Philately: Pascoe Vale South (3044)

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Pascoe Vale South Post Office was located at 372-380 Bell Street. It was opened in 1957. 1975 1979

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Australia Philately: Nunawading (3131)

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Nunawading Post Office was constructed in 1970, replacing a temporary structure. 1976

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Australia Philately: Maroubra (2035)

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  A new Maroubra post office was opened on 14 December 1959. 1972

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Australia Philately: Brunswick (3056)

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Brunswich Post Office, located on Sydney Road, was built in 1910. 1980

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Australia Philately: Rose Bay (2029)

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1972 1981 Rose Bay became an Australian Philatelic Sales Centre on 9 September 1981.

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Australia Philately: Manly (2095)

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Manly post office was located on the corner of Belgrave Street and Sydney Road. 1970 Manly became a first day of issue postmarker office on 11 February 1970. 1973 1975

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Australia Philately: Post Offices – Victoria (3000)

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A Abbotsford Altona (FDI 26 January 1979) Apollo Bay Ararat Ascot Vale B Bairnsdale – 11 February 1970 Ballarat Balwyn Balwyn North Bayswater Belgrave Belmont – (FDI – 18 April 1972, LPSC – 1978) Benalla – 11 February 1970 Bendigo Bentleigh Bentleigh East Blackburn Boronia Box Hill Broadmeadows (FDI 26…

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Australia Philately: St Agnes (5097)

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Australia Philately: Queenstown (7467)

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Queenstown Post Office is located at 32-34 Orr Street. It was designed by the Tasmanian government’s Public Works Office and built in 1902, with the tower added in 1909. 1978 1979 A pictorial first day of issue postmarker was introduced on 13 August 1979.

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