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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: Margate Beach (4019)

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Margate Post Office, Queensland. 1973

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Australia Philately: Warrnambool (3280)

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The Warrnambool post office construtced c.1869. A new extension was added in 1972. 1970 Warrnambool became a first day of issue postmarker office on 11 February 1970. Warrnambool became a Philatelic Sales Centre on 1 July 1970. 1975 1976

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Australia Philately: Coffs Harbour (2450)

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Coffs Harbour, NSW, post office. 1974 1978

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Australia Philately: G.P.O. Melbourne (3000)

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The Melbourne General Post Office was located on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Bourke Street. 1953 A Philatelic Section was opened at Melbourne G.P.O. on Monday, 30 March 1953. The section provided counter service for philatelists and handled mail orders from within Victoria and also all requests from overseas…

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Australia Philately: Post Offices – Western Australia (6000)

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A Albany Applecross B Balga (LPSC 15 August 1979) Bassendean (LPSC 15 August 1979) Bayswater (LPSC 15 August 1979) Broome (LPSC 15 August 1979, FDI PP 13 August 1979) Bunbury Busselton C Cannington (LPSC 15 August 1979) Carnarvon – 8 March 1972 (PSC) Claremont – 31 August 1970 Cloverdale (LPSC 15 August…

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Australia Philately: Warragul (3820)

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A new Warragul Post Office was constructed c.1969. 1972 1973 1974

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Australia Philately: Post Offices – Northern Territory (5000)

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A Alice Springs D Darwin

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Australia Philately: Kew (3101)

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The Kew Post Office was built at the apex of a complex constructed to also accommodate a police station and court house. The building was designed in the Queen Anne style by the Public Works Department’s architect J Harvey and completed in 1888. It remained a post office until 1995.…

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Australia Philately: Carlingford (2118)

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A new Carlingford post office was opened in 1965. 1976

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Australia Philately: Post Offices – Tasmania (7000)

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B Beaconsfield (FDI PP 1 November 1979) Bellerive Burnie – 11 February 1970 C Campbelltown (FDI PP 1 November 1979) Currie Cygnet (FDI PP 13 August 1979) D Deloraine Devonport G Geeveston (FDI PP 1 November 1979) George Town H Hobart G.P.O. Hobart North (FDI PP 13 August 1979) Hobart…

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