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Australia Post New Marks Centennial of Flights Around the Continent

Fairey IIID seaplane A10-3 and a coastal route map De Havilland D.H.50 G-AUAB aircraft and the inland route map

On May 21, 2024, Australia Post issued a set of two stamps depicting a seaplane and landplane and the flight paths of the first air service flights around mainland Australia in 1924. The blue-toned seaplane […]

Australia Post Marks 150th Anniversary of the Overland Telegraph

Australia 2022-08-23 – 150th Anniversary of the Overland Telegraph

On August 23, 2022 Australia Post released a new stamp marking the 150th anniversary of the Overland Telegraph in Australia. The AUD1.10 denomination single stamp depicts the outline of the Australian continent with a line showing the route of the telegraph with two dots representing […]

Generalized Outline Map featured in Australia Post’s Disaster Relief Issue

Australia – Disaster Relief – 2020-02-018

Stuart Hamilton, CPS Representative-at-Large, informed us that on February 18, 2020, Australia Post released a set of stamps each cut in the shape of Australia to raise funds for the disaster relief for the devastating bushfires of the previous 2019-2020 season. The 1.10 AUD denominated die-cut stamps depict […]

Maps Featured on Australia Nostalgic Fruit Labels Issue

Australia 2016-06-07

The June 7, 2016 Australia Post issue of “Nostalgic Fruit Labels” contains two stamps featuring both a map of Australia and one of Tasmania. The issue contains four $1 AUD denominated stamps, as either gummed or self-adhesives. The designs across either type appear to be the same. Cartophilatelists will be interested in […]

Australia Post Issues “Maps of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands” Set

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 2014-06-24

On June 24, 2014 Austraila Post issued a set of four map stamps depicting the Cocos (Keeling) islands from different periods during the islands’ history. The first European sighting of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is thought to have been in 1609, by Englishman Captain William Keeling of the East […]

Background Map on Queensland 150 Years Mini-sheet

Australia Post issued two single stamps and a mini-sheet on June 9, 2009 to mark 150 years of Queensland’s independence from New South Wales in December 1859. The design on the 55c stamp depicts the Queensland outback, and windmill along with a night view of Queensland Parliament House. The $2.75 stamp shows the […]

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Australia Post New Marks Centennial of Flights Around the Continent

Australia Post Marks 150th Anniversary of the Overland Telegraph

Generalized Outline Map featured in Australia Post’s Disaster Relief Issue

Maps Featured on Australia Nostalgic Fruit Labels Issue

Australia Post Issues “Maps of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands” Set

Background Map on Queensland 150 Years Mini-sheet

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