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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 Philately: 1966 Decimal Definitive Series – 7c Humbug Fish

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Thid striking black and white species is often found among the staghorn corals of the Great Barrier Reef. It is so common that when the coral is lifted from the water, humbug fish are often entangled among the branches. If places in water where there is no coral, the fish…

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Australia Philately: Northcote (3070)

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A new Northcote post office was opened 1966. 1971 1972 1975

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Australia Philately: Port Pirie (5540)

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Port Pirie post office is located at 79-83 Ellen Street. It was designed by Edward Woods and built in 1880, with extensions designed by Charles Owen-Smyth added in 1905–1907. 1978

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Australia Philately: Yarrawonga (3730)

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A new Yarrawonga Post Office was opened in 1961 at 32 Belmore St. 1980

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Australia Philately: Eastwood (5063)

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The Eastwood post office was located on Osmond Road. It was opened by Jack Leay at 11 a.m. on 11 November 1952. Originally named Parkside and replacing older buildings, it was later changed to Eastside in 1967. 1978 1979 Eastwood became a Limited Philatelic Sales Centre on 26 January 1979.

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Australia Philately: Norwood (5067)

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A new Norwood post office was opened on 22 May 1972. 1978

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Australia Philately: St Kilda (3182)

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St Kilda post office was located on the corner of St Kilda Road and Inkerman Street. 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1978 References Victorian Collections

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Australia Philately: Carnegie (3163)

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A new Carnegie Post Office was opened c.1975. 1972

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Australia Philately: Collingwood (3066)

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Collingwood Post Office was located at 174-180 Smith Street. It was constructed in 1868 but the facade, designed by John Marsden of the Public Works Department, was added to the building in 1892. 1972 1980 1981

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Australia Philately: Philatelic Sales Centre G.P.O. Hobart (7000)

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  Philatelic Sales Centre Hobart G.P.O. 1978 A new pictorial postmark was introduced on 1 June 1978. 1979

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