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Showing posts with label Early Australian Stamps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Early Australian Stamps. Show all posts

Friday, October 28, 2011

Australia-The 1937 150th Anniversary Postage Stamp Set-Illustrated

Illustrated below is the postage stamp set issued for the 150th Anniversary of the Landing of Governor Phillip at Sydney Cove in 1988. The set had three values the 2 Penny (red), the 3 Penny (blue) and the 9 Penny (purple).





Australia-3 Postage Stamp Issues Featuring Kookaburras-Illustrated

Illustrated below are three of the Australian postage stamps that featured Kookaburras. The first illustration is of the 3 Penny (blue) issued in 1928 for the Australian Philatelic Exhibition in Melbourne. The second illustration is the 1931 issue of the 6 Penny (claret), one of a set of two stamps, the other the 1 Shilling (green) "Lyrebird" and the third is the 6 Penny (brown) part of set of six issued in 1937. The set consisted of six values from a Halfpeny to 1 Shilling featuring Australian animals and birds.





Thursday, October 13, 2011

Australia-New South Wales-An 1867-QV 4 Pence (red-brown) Postage Stamp-Illustrated

Illustrated below is the Queen Victoria 4 Pence stamp issued in 1867. The example bears the postmark "85" for Drayton in New South Wales.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Australian George the 5th Definitives-2 Old Album Pages

Below are 2 old album pages of Australian George the 5th definitives. With details.








An Old Album Page of Australian Kangaroos

Illustrated below is an old old album page of Australian Kangaroos. The first stamps issued after Federation. With a detail below of the 1 Shilling value.