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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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Bahamas

Bahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd (Type 1E)

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The card number for this type aligns with the first line of the publisher’s inscription. Details Publisher: City Pharmacy Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: J Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks Process: Photographer: Year: 1957 Series: Type 1E

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Bahamas

Bahamas Postcards: American News Co

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American News Company (ANC) was a magazine, newspaper, book, and comic book distribution company founded in 1864 by Sinclair Tousey, which dominated the distribution market in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. The company’s abrupt demise in 1957 caused a huge…

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Bahamas

Bahamas Philately: American News Co (P18200)

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Details Publisher: American News Co. Distributor: Lofthouse Ltd. Phone 4183 Printer: Colorpicture Publishers Inc, Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A. Process: Photographer: Color by Larry Witt Year: 1957 Series: P18200

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Bahamas

Bahamas Philately: North German Lloyd Bremen – T.S. Bremen

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The T.S. Bremen was originally built as the SS Pasteur – a steam turbine ocean liner built for Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique. After being acquired by North German Lloyd and renamed T.S. Bremen in 1957, she was extensively rebuilt at Bremer Vulkan in Bremen for approximately 65 million DM. Her…

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Bahamas

Bahamas Philately: Lewis Agency Inc

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Lewis Agency Inc was located in East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A. The business provided photographic, art and printing services. Postcards/Lettercards/Letter Folders S26600L2 Series

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Bahamas

Bahamas Philately: Sy Kaplan Associates Inc

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  Sy Kaplan Associates Inc was an advertising agency located at 639 N. E. 125th St., North Miami, Florida. Kaplan established the agency in 1957 after resigning from Hal Winter Co., a newspaper representatives company. The same year the was appointed as the travel advertising representative for Glamour magazine in…

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Rhodesia & Nyasaland

Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: Tassilo Burger

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  Tassilo Burger was located in Salisbury. Burger was a master watchmaker who had settled in Rhodesia in 1957.

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Bahamas

Bahamas Philately: Eastern Shipping Corporation – S/S Yarmouth

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In 1950, Frank L. Fraser founded the Eastern Shipping Corporation. In May 1954 he purchased the SS Yarmouth from the Eastern Steamship Lines. The SS Yarmouth was transferred to a Panamanian registry where she was renamed SS Yarmouth Castle and then the SS Queen of Nassau. By 1957 the SS Queen…

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Australia

Australia Philately: Clayton (3168)

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The Clayton post office and exchange on Clayton Road was officially opened in 1957. Additions and alterations were made in 1963. The new post office had a front screen of anodised aluminium and the entire western wall was of aluminium framed glass surrounded eight anodised aluminium telephone cabinets. 1971 1975…

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Bahamas

Bahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd (Type II)

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Details Publisher: City Pharmacy Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: J Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks Process: Real photograph Photographer: Freddie Maura, Nassau Year: 1958 Series: Type II

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