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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: Currie (7256)

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A new Currie post office was opened on 7 September 1956. The building was constructed of prefabricated aluminim alloy, known as Bristol type, which was imported from England. The total cost for the purchase and erection of the building was £22,500. 1978 Currie (King Island) became a first day of…

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Australia Philately: Bentleigh East (3165)

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Bentleigh East Post Office was opened in 1958. 1971 1975

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Australia Philately: Gympie (4570)

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The Gympie Post Office was erected between 1878 and 1880 and is a substantial two-storeyed masonry structure. On 14 November 1975, a new post office opened on Mary Street and the old one closed and purchased by Telecom. 1970 Gympie became a First Day of Issue postmarker office on 11…

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Australia Philately: Post Offices – Queensland (4000)

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A Acacia Ridge (LPSC 2 April 1979) Aitkenvale (LPSC 1 June 1979) Alderley (LPSC 1 June 1979) Annerley (LPSC 2 April 1979) Ashgrove Atherton (LPSC 2 April 1979) B Babinda Biloela (FDI 25 October 1978, LPSC 1 June 1979) Blackall (LPSC 1 June 1979) Blackwater (LPSC 1 June 1979) Brisbane…

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Australia Philately: Croydon (3136)

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Croydon Post Office opened in 1949. 1970 Croydon became a first day of issue postmarker office on 11 February 1970. 1972 1975 1978 1980 1983

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Australia Philately: Collins St East (3000)

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  Collins St East, Melbourne. 1972 1973

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Australia Philately: Post Offices – Australian Capital Territory (2000)

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B Belconnen C Canberra Canberra City Canberra Parliament House Civic Square Curtin (LPSC 1978) D Dickson (LPSC 1978) K Kingston (LPSC 1978) M Manuka (LPSC 1978) Mawson (FDI, LPSC 1978) W Woden

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Australia Philately: Eastwood (2122)

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  Eastwood, NSW, post office. 1976 1978 Eastwood became a Limited Philatelic Sales Centre in 1978.

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Australia Philately: Caringbah (2229)

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A new Caringbah post office was opened in 1962. 1979

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Australia Philately: Post Offices – South Australia (5000)

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A Adelaide G.P.O. Alberton (FDI 19 September 1979) Angaston B Blackwood (FDI – 18 October 1978, LPSC 26 January 1979) Blair Athol Bordertown C Campbelltown (FDI 18 October 1978, LPSC 26 January 1979) Ceduna (LPSC 26 January 1979) Clarence Gardens E Eastwood Elizabeth G Glenelg Greenacres – 6 June 1979…

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