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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

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    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: Bayswater (3153)

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A new Bayswater post office was opened c.1957. 1979

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Australia Philately: Geelong (3220)

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The Geelong Post Office was located on the corner of Ryrie and Gheringhap Streets. The building was opened in 1891. A clock tower was added in 1911. In 1994, Australia Post relocated the main Geelong post office to the corner of Gheringhap and Little Myers streets. 1959 A new first…

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Australia Philately: South Yarra (3141)

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1975 1978 1979

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Australia Philately: Maroochydore (4558)

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  1977

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Australia Philately: Hamilton (3300)

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Hamilton post office is located on 57 Gray Street, Hamilton, Victoria. It was designed by C. H. E. Blackman of the colonial Public Works Department under the aegis of William Wardell, built in 1876, and occupied in 1878. During the 1960s, the post office underwent extensive works. This included the…

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Australia Philately: Port Melbourne (3207)

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Port Melbourne post office. 1970 1976

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Australia Philately: Sale (3850)

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In October 1963, the Postmaster General announced the construction of a new post office building at Sale at a cost of £130,000. The prior building was demolished. 1974

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Australia Philately: 1966 Decimal Definitive Series – 3c Queen Elizabeth II (Coil)

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As previoiusly announced, the 3c and 4c coil stamps are in the same design as the equivalent engraved stamps in sheet form, but the coil stamps have been printed in photogravure, each in three colours. The 3c stamps has a green background, the 4c a red, and in both cases…

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Australia Philately: Blacktown (2148)

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Blacktown post office, on the corner of Flushcombe Road, was opened on On 1 November 1939. The two storey building, the third post office, was demolished in 1970 and a combined post office and telephone exchange built. The post office closed in 1998. 1972 Blacktown became a Philatelic Sales Centre…

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Australia Philately: Adelaide G.P.O. (5000)

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The Adelaide General Post Office was a colonial-era building situated on 141 King William Street on the north-west corner of King William Street and Victoria Square. Postal services operated from the building between 6 May 1872 and 11 October 2019. 1953 A Philatelic Section was opened on 18 May 1953.…

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