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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: Dexter Press (59900 Series)

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Details Publisher: Gunn-Mears Advertising Agency, New York, N.Y. Distributor:  Printer: Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.J. Process: Dextone (Made from Kodachrome and Ansco Color) Photographer: Year: 1953 Series: 59900

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Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press (60000 Series)

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Details Publisher:  Distributor:  Printer: Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.J. Process: Dextone (Made from Kodachrome and Ansco Color) Photographer: Louis Dormand, Riverhead, L.I., N.Y. Year: 1959 Series: 60000

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Bahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd – Souvenir Letter Card of Nassau No.2

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Details Publisher: City Pharmacy Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: J Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks, England Process: Photographer: Year: c.1953 Series: 2

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Bahamas Philately: Greek Line (Ripalta)

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Details Publisher: Greek Link Distributor: Printer: Italy Process: Photographer: Year:  Series:

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Bahamas Philately: Greek Line – T.S.S. Olympia

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In 1953, the Greek Line ordered the T.S.S. Olympia, the only ship operated by the line that wasn’t a second-hand purchase. She was built by Alexander Stephen & Sons at Glasgow. The Greek Line withdrew the Olympia from service in 1974, and in the following year, when the company went…

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Southern Rhodesia

Southern Rhodesia Philately: Victoria Falls Hotel (1953-1964)

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Bahamas

Bahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd – Souvenir Letter Card Nassau, Bahamas No.4

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Details Publisher: City Pharmacy Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: J Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks, England Process: Photographer: Year: c.1953 Series: 4

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Bahamas Philately: Queen’s Staircase

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The Queen’s Staircase is a walkway of 66 steps in Nassau. It was carved out of solid limestone rock by 600 slaves between 1793 and 1794 to create an escape route from Fort Fincastle. In the 19th century the steps were named in honour of Queen Victoria who ended slavery…

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Bahamas Philately: Mardon, Son & Hall Ltd

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Mardon, Son & Hall was founded in 1846 by James Mardon in partnership with his brother-in-law John Harris. By the beginning of the First World War Mardon’s had opened eight new factories and by the beginning of World War II were employing 5,270 people and, although during World War II…

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Bahamas Philately: Mardon, Son & Hall Ltd (No.40-70)

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Details Publisher: Mardon, Son & Hall Ltd., Bristol Distributor: Printer: Mardon, Son & Hall Ltd., Bristol Process: Photographer: Year: 1953 Series: No.40-70 (1-39)

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