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stamp bulletin<br />
AUSTRALIAN<br />
Bush Wildlife<br />
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Reef Sharks<br />
Wildfl owers<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n Wine<br />
Native Trees<br />
No. 280 June – August 2005
In this Bulletin...<br />
Bush Wildlife 3<br />
Cocos (Keeling) Islands<br />
– Reef Sharks 6<br />
Wildfl owers 8<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n Wine 11<br />
Native Trees 14<br />
Domestic PPEs 17<br />
International PPEs 18<br />
SES & Collectables 19<br />
<strong>Post</strong>master Gallery 19<br />
Seven Seas 20<br />
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280 bulletin<br />
Dear Collectors,<br />
Welcome to what is a landmark edition of the <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
Stamp Bulletin in many ways. It is the fi rst edition since<br />
the Pacifi c Explorer Stamp Expo in April, which I am glad<br />
to announce, was a great success. I would like to thank all<br />
those who attended, volunteered and participated in making<br />
it a wonderful experience, especially for fi rst time visitors.<br />
(Further details and the highlights of Pacifi c Explorer will be<br />
available in the September Stamp Bulletin).<br />
This edition of the Bulletin also marks an exciting and<br />
positive change to the way we will be distributing the Bulletin<br />
in future. As part of our ongoing commitment to meeting<br />
the needs of collectors, from this edition onwards the Stamp<br />
Bulletin will become a quarterly publication. This will mean<br />
that each edition will have a full three months of stamp<br />
issues giving collectors even more notice of upcoming issues.<br />
Further information relating to these changes can be found<br />
on page 17. We trust that you will welcome this innovative<br />
change.<br />
In terms of stamp issues, we continue our program<br />
in June with a new defi nitive international issue, which<br />
includes some of <strong>Australia</strong>’s best-loved and recognisable<br />
animals. Bush Wildlife is an issue of four stamps and uses an<br />
illustrative design to bring to life these unique <strong>Australia</strong>ns. An<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n Territories issue, also in June, is Cocos (Keeling)<br />
Islands Reef Sharks. The issue is part of our World Wildlife<br />
Fund series with the stamp designs carrying the WWF logo<br />
drawing attention to these much maligned and yet fascinating<br />
creatures.<br />
A defi nitive issue in July is the beautiful <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
Wildfl owers. We also celebrate the growth and success of the<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n Wine Industry with a special issue illustrating the<br />
process involved in <strong>Australia</strong>n wine production. Trees are not<br />
just beautiful; they are part of the very system that sustains life<br />
on our planet. The release of the Native Trees issue coincides<br />
with a world congress to be held in Brisbane in August and<br />
the stamps will feature trees from different habitats and parts<br />
of the country, including the notable “dinosaur tree”– the<br />
Wollemi pine.<br />
With best wishes and until next time,
BUSH<br />
WILDLIFE<br />
INTERNATIONAL STAMPS<br />
Stamps shown 80% actual size<br />
A definitive issue of four new international<br />
stamps will be released to meet the needs<br />
of general postage requirements.<br />
Featuring some of <strong>Australia</strong>’s diverse<br />
wildlife, the stamp illustrations bring to life<br />
the beauty of these unique <strong>Australia</strong>ns in<br />
their natural habitat – the <strong>Australia</strong>n bush.<br />
THE STAMPS<br />
$1.00 Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)<br />
The Superb Lyrebird inhabits the dense<br />
rainforests and wet sclerophyll forest on<br />
the coastal plain and associated highlands<br />
of south-eastern <strong>Australia</strong>, from the<br />
Dandenong Ranges in Victoria and around<br />
the vicinity of Brisbane.<br />
Lyrebirds are notable for their courtship<br />
displays in which the male spreads and<br />
vibrates the long feathers of the tail. He<br />
then throws it forward over his head, while<br />
prancing and stamping on a mound which<br />
has been constructed for this purpose.<br />
During courtship the male utters a long,<br />
rambling, complex and extremely varied<br />
song.<br />
$1.10 Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)<br />
This bird can be found in eucalypt forest<br />
and woodland throughout most of eastern<br />
<strong>Australia</strong> – from Cape York Peninsula in<br />
Queensland to Eyre Peninsula in South<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>.<br />
7 June 2005<br />
It has also been introduced to Tasmania,<br />
south-western Western <strong>Australia</strong>, and New<br />
Zealand. It lives in groups that maintain<br />
permanent territories, announcing<br />
and defending these by means of loud,<br />
rollicking calls uttered in chorus, especially<br />
at dawn and dusk.<br />
$1.20 Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)<br />
The Koala’s range in eastern <strong>Australia</strong> extends<br />
from the tropics to the cool temperate south.<br />
Throughout the range the Koala is associated<br />
with the eucalyptus forests that provide<br />
almost its sole diet of eucalyptus leaves.<br />
The Koala has a low energy requirement<br />
compared to most other mammals and is<br />
usually inactive for 20 hours a day. Females<br />
commence breeding when two years old,<br />
producing one young every year.<br />
First day cover<br />
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BUSH<br />
WILDLIFE<br />
INTERNATIONAL STAMPS<br />
$1.80 Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus)<br />
The Red Kangaroo inhabits the arid plains<br />
country, low open woodlands and arid<br />
deserts of the Northern Territory and all<br />
mainland states of <strong>Australia</strong>. It is one of the<br />
largest living marsupials, males reaching<br />
around 66 kilograms in weight and females<br />
around 26 kilograms.<br />
Most males are pale red to brick red in<br />
colour and females are usually blue-grey, but<br />
in some areas both sexes are reddish. The joey<br />
stays in the pouch for 235 days after birth,<br />
leaving when it reaches 4 to 5 kilograms in<br />
weight. It continues to suckle for a further<br />
four months, even when a younger sibling<br />
occupies the pouch.<br />
ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN<br />
The illustrations for these stamps are the<br />
work of Kevin Stead, one of <strong>Australia</strong>’s<br />
foremost wildlife artists. His previous<br />
stamp illustrations for <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong><br />
includeEndangered Birds (1998), Small<br />
Pond (1999), Cocos (Keeling) Islands<br />
Shoreline Birds (2003) and <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
Parrots (2005).<br />
RELATED PRODUCTS<br />
Other products for this issue are a first day<br />
cover, a stamp pack, sheetlets of five stamps<br />
and a set of four maximum cards.<br />
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Pacifi c Explorer World Stamp Expo.<br />
Look out for the September Bulletin<br />
which will include a full wrap-up of<br />
what made Pacific Explorer a success!<br />
Maximum cards<br />
Stamp pack
TECHNICAL DETAILS<br />
Issue date ....................... 7 June 2005<br />
FDI wthdrawal date ......... 5 July 2005<br />
Denominations ................ One x $1.00, one x $1.10,<br />
one x $1.20, one x $1.80<br />
Illustration & design ......... Kevin Stead<br />
Typography ..................... Cathleen Cram, <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong><br />
Design Studio<br />
Stamp size ...................... 37.5mm x 26mm<br />
Printer ............................ SEP Sprint<br />
Paper (gummed) ............. Tullis Russell<br />
Paper (self-adhesive) ....... B100<br />
Perforations .................... 13.86 x 14.6<br />
Sheet layout .................... Sheet of 50<br />
National postmark ........... Olinda VIC 3788<br />
MAIL ORDER CODES<br />
1457067 Stamps (one x $1.00, one x $1.10,<br />
one x $1.20, one x $1.80) ...................$5.10<br />
1457001 First day cover ...................................$5.40<br />
1457126 Stamp pack ........................................$5.55<br />
1457122 Set of sheetlets ($1.10, $1.20, $1.80 x fi ve<br />
stamps)[MO] ....................................$20.50<br />
1457351 Cheque book (20 x sheetlets of $1.10) . $110.00<br />
1457251 Sheetlet of fi ve x $1.10 .......................$5.50<br />
1457352 Cheque book (20 x sheetlets of $1.20) . $120.00<br />
1457252 Sheetlet of fi ve x $1.20 .......................$6.00<br />
1457353 Cheque book (20 x sheetlets of $1.80) . $180.00<br />
1457253 Sheetlet of fi ve x $1.80 .......................$9.00<br />
1457220 Maximum cards (set of four)* ...............$8.10<br />
(*will also be produced as postcards)<br />
Sheetlets of fi ve<br />
7 June 2005 COLLECTABLE June 2005<br />
The release of the final three booklets<br />
complete this range. Each booklet contains<br />
20 x 50c stamps and information related to<br />
its star sign.<br />
LIBRA September 23 to October 23<br />
(Daisy, January 2003)<br />
Charming and easy-going diplomats, they<br />
can be indecisive and easily influenced.<br />
SCORPIO October 24 to November 22<br />
(Romance, January 2003)<br />
Natural investigators. Scorpians are also<br />
loyal and committed but can be moody.<br />
SAGITTARIUS November 23 to December 21<br />
(Let’s Party, January 2003)<br />
Optimistic and adaptable. Can sometimes<br />
be tactless but they are still true visionaries.<br />
TECHNICAL DETAILS<br />
Stamp designs ............... Daisy and Let’s Party, Fragile<br />
Design; Romance, Symone Lambert, <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong><br />
Design Studio<br />
Booklet design ............... Beth McKinlay, <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong><br />
Design Studio<br />
Printer ............................ SEP Sprint<br />
Paper ............................. Tullis Russell<br />
Printing process .............. Lithography<br />
Booklet size .................... 156mm x 104mm<br />
MAIL ORDER CODES<br />
0252250 Set of three Zodiac booklets [MO] ...... $32.85<br />
1437259 Zodiac booklet Libra ........................ $10.95<br />
1437260 Zodiac booklet Scorpio ..................... $10.95<br />
1437261 Zodiac booklet Sagittarius ................ $10.95<br />
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands<br />
Reef Sharks<br />
There are around 340 species of sharks<br />
in the world. Sharks live in almost every<br />
marine habitat, at depths from one metre<br />
to beyond 1000 metres. <strong>Australia</strong>n sharks<br />
range greatly in size. The smallest are about<br />
50 centimetres in length, while the largest,<br />
the giant Whale Sharks, might grow to 18<br />
metres.<br />
All sharks are carnivores, feeding on<br />
almost every kind of animal life in the sea.<br />
Many species feed during the day, but most<br />
sharks hunt at night. They have excellent<br />
vision, a keen sense of smell, good hearing<br />
and touch senses with which to detect<br />
their prey. Their highly developed lateral<br />
line system can pick the vibrations of an<br />
injured animal over long distances and they<br />
can detect electrical fi elds around living<br />
animals.<br />
Sharks do not have scales like other fi sh,<br />
but a tough outer covering of skin embedded<br />
with countless minute denticles or teeth.<br />
When the teeth in the jaw become worn or<br />
damaged they are replaced with new ones.<br />
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THE STAMPS<br />
50c & $1.00: Blacktip Reef Shark<br />
(Carcharhinus melanopterus )<br />
The Blacktip Reef Shark is the most<br />
commonly seen shark on shallow reef-flats,<br />
often entering subtidal zones to hunt for<br />
parrotfish.<br />
Under most circumstances this species is<br />
not considered dangerous, but if provoked<br />
or cornered, it could bite. It has been known<br />
to strike at the fl ippers of divers snorkelling<br />
in shallow water.<br />
The Blacktip Reef Shark forms small<br />
groups or lives alone in deeper water. It will<br />
usually grow to about one metre in length,<br />
but can achieve a maximum of 1.4 metres.<br />
50c & $1.45: Grey Reef Shark<br />
(Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos )<br />
The Grey Reef Shark is thick-bodied, with<br />
a grey back, white belly and black margins<br />
to the fins. It is the most commonly seen<br />
shark in depths of 10-30 metres in offshore<br />
reefs.
A sleek inquisitive species, it is also a swift<br />
efficient predator, is very territorial and can<br />
be dangerous to divers.<br />
Always curious, it will approach divers<br />
at close range and will attack if provoked or<br />
excited. It lives on fi sh, turtles and crustaceans<br />
and grows to 2.5 metres in length.<br />
This species is sometimes referred to<br />
locally as the Bronze Whaler, the term applied<br />
to several similar species.<br />
DESIGN FEATURES AND RELATED PRODUCTS<br />
Each stamp carries the WWF logo. They<br />
are the larger 40.28 x 30 mm size which<br />
were also used for Fishing <strong>Australia</strong>.There<br />
is also a first day cover with this issue.<br />
THE DESIGNER<br />
The stamp illustrations and design are by<br />
Ego Guiotto, a Sydney-based artist. Guiotto<br />
is an expert wildlife illustrator and designer<br />
whose work regularly appears on the cover<br />
of <strong>Australia</strong>n Geographic magazine.<br />
His previous stamp issues include Fishing<br />
in <strong>Australia</strong> (2003), Cocos Sea Turtles (2003)<br />
and Christmas Island Birds (2002).<br />
First day cover<br />
21 June 2005<br />
TECHNICAL DETAILS<br />
Issue date ....................... 21 June 2005<br />
FDI withdrawal date ......... 19 July 2005<br />
Denominations ................ Two x 50c, one x $1.00,<br />
one x $1.45<br />
Design & illustration ........ Ego Guiotto<br />
Typography ..................... Belinda Marshall, <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong><br />
Design Studio<br />
Stamp size ...................... 40.28mm x 30mm<br />
Perforations .................... 14.4 x 14<br />
Printer ............................ SEP Sprint<br />
Paper ............................. Tullis Russell<br />
Printing process .............. Lithography<br />
Sheet layout .................... Module of 50 / two panes of 25<br />
National postmark ...............Cocos (Keeling) Islands WA 6799<br />
MAIL ORDER CODES<br />
1458067 Stamps (two x 50c, one x $1.00,<br />
one x $1.45) .......................................$3.45<br />
1458001 First day cover ....................................$3.75<br />
1458240 Set of gutter strips [MO] no design<br />
(ten x 50c,ten x $1.00, ten x $1.45 ....$29.50<br />
1458241 Gutter strip (ten x 50c) .........................$5.00<br />
1458242 Gutter strip (ten x $1.00) ....................$10.00<br />
1458243 Gutter strip (ten x $1.45) ....................$14.50<br />
Hurry...limited number and only available<br />
by mail order!<br />
SNAPSHOT! Pacific Explorer souvenir<br />
stamp booklet. (March–May Bulletin)<br />
Personalised images used throughout the<br />
booklet feature Don Elgin, the Athens 2004<br />
Paralympic silver medallist.<br />
1454260 $19.95<br />
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AUSTRALIAN<br />
Wildflowers<br />
There are some 18,000 species of flowering<br />
plants native to <strong>Australia</strong>, grouped in<br />
about 200 families. Like the continent’s<br />
distinctive fauna, the flora has evolved in<br />
isolation for 50 million years, and many<br />
plants and flowers are found nowhere else<br />
on earth.<br />
THE STAMPS<br />
50c Sturt’s Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa )<br />
This prostrate biennial or annual plant<br />
grows in arid regions of the Northern<br />
Territory and all mainland states except<br />
Victoria. The leaves and stems are covered<br />
in downy hairs and the vivid red flowers are<br />
about nine centimetres long and arranged<br />
in clusters of six to eight on short, thick<br />
erect stalks.<br />
The fruit is a legume measuring about<br />
fi ve centimetres long that splits at maturity<br />
releasing several fl at kidney-shaped seeds.<br />
The spectacular fl owers are the fl oral emblem<br />
of South <strong>Australia</strong>.<br />
50c Coarse-leaved Mallee (Eucalyptus grossa )<br />
A small mallee from three to six metres<br />
high, this eucalypt is distinctive for its<br />
large, thick glossy leaves. The bullet-shaped<br />
buds are red and the attractive yellow to<br />
yellow-green flowers appear in axillary<br />
8<br />
umbels of up to seven from August to<br />
November.<br />
Each of the blooms measure up to four<br />
centimetres in diameter. The tree occurs<br />
naturally south from Salmon Gums, and<br />
westward to the area near Newdegate, in<br />
Western <strong>Australia</strong>.<br />
50c Common Fringe Lily (Thysanotus tuberosus )<br />
Blooming in spring and summer, this lily<br />
is an erect perennial herb growing up to 60<br />
centimetres high.<br />
The mauve fl owers have three broad,<br />
fi nely fringed petals, in groups of one to<br />
eight at the ends of branched stems up to 80<br />
centimetres long. The plant is widespread in<br />
heath, woodland and open forest and can be<br />
found in all mainland states.<br />
50c Swamp Daisy (Actinodium cunninghamii )<br />
This plant is a small shrub growing up to a<br />
metre in height, with wiry, erect stems. It is<br />
not a true daisy, but belongs to the myrtle<br />
family.<br />
The fl ower heads, around three to four<br />
centimetres in diameter, consist of clusters<br />
composed of white sterile outer fl owers and<br />
fertile smaller pink inner ones. The shrub is<br />
native to low-lying, moist sandy areas in the<br />
south-west of Western <strong>Australia</strong>.
Sheetlet of fi ve s/a shown<br />
42% of actual size<br />
Stamp pack<br />
DESIGNER<br />
Janet Boschen has been with <strong>Australia</strong><br />
<strong>Post</strong> for 18 years. Her many stamp designs<br />
include <strong>Australia</strong>ns in the Antarctic 1901-<br />
2001(2001), Bush Tucker (Jo Monie Design<br />
Award 2002), independent East Timor’s fi rst<br />
stamps (2002), and the 150th Anniversary of<br />
the Eureka Stockade (2004).<br />
RELATED PRODUCTS<br />
Other products with this issue are a fi rst<br />
day cover, stamp pack, sheetlet of fi ve,<br />
maximum cards (set of four), booklets of 10<br />
x 50c stamps and 20 x 50c stamps and rolls<br />
of 100 and 200 x 50c stamps. The 20 x 50c<br />
stamp booklet is presented in a new layout<br />
and will be sold in cheque book format.<br />
Maximum cards<br />
First day cover (gummed and self-adhesive)<br />
5 July 2005<br />
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AUSTRALIAN<br />
Wildflowers<br />
10<br />
5 July 2005<br />
Booklets (ten and twenty x 50c)<br />
TECHNICAL DETAILS<br />
Issue date ....................... 5 July 2005<br />
FDI withdrawal date ......... 2 August 2005<br />
Denominations ................ Four x 50c<br />
Stamp designer ............... Janet Boschen, <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong><br />
Design Studio<br />
Stamp size ...................... 37.5mm x 26mm<br />
Printer/Paper(gummed) ... SEP Sprint/Tullis Russell<br />
Printer/Paper(booklets) .... SEP Sprint/B100<br />
Printer/Paper(rolls)<br />
100 x 50c .................. SEP Sprint/B90<br />
200 x 50c .................. Pemara/KV75<br />
Perforations .................... 14.0 x 14.4<br />
Printing process .............. Lithography<br />
Sheet layout .................... Sheet of 50<br />
National postmark ........... Botany NSW 2019<br />
MAIL ORDER CODES<br />
1459067 Stamps (four x 50c) .............................$2.00<br />
1459322 Cheque book (20 x sheetlets of fi ve) ...$50.00<br />
1459122 Sheetlet of fi ve ....................................$2.50<br />
1459001 Set of fi rst day covers [MO] ..................$4.60<br />
1459002 First day cover (gummed) ....................$2.30<br />
1459003 First day cover (self-adhesive) ..............$2.30<br />
1459126 Stamp pack ........................................$2.45<br />
1459220 Maximum cards (set of four) ................$5.00<br />
1459263 Cheque book (20 x 10 x 50c) ...........$100.00<br />
1459250 Booklet of ten x 50c stamps .................$5.00<br />
1459264 Cheque book (20 x 20 x 50c) ...........$200.00<br />
1459251 Booklet of 20 x 50c stamps ...............$10.00<br />
1459182 Set of bklts (10 & 20 x 50c) [MO] .......$15.00<br />
1459209 Roll of (100 x 50c) (SEP Sprint) ...........$50.00<br />
1459210 Roll of (200 x 50c) (Pemara) .............$100.00<br />
1459223 Collector pack ....................................$8.90<br />
1459200 Set of two strip of four s/a stamps[MO] .$4.00<br />
1459293 Strip of four s/a SEP Sprint ...................$2.00<br />
1459294 Strip of four s/a Pemara .......................$2.00<br />
UN International Year of<br />
Microcredit PSE<br />
5 July 2005<br />
The United Nations International Year of<br />
Microcredit is celebrated with the release<br />
of this special pre-stamped envelope.<br />
Microcredit helps alleviate poverty by<br />
providing small collateral free loans for selfemployment<br />
to very poor people, especially<br />
women, throughout the world. Loans from<br />
as little as $200 are used for starting business<br />
activities. Families can then generate income<br />
and enjoy much better nutrition, health,<br />
housing and education. By December 2003<br />
at least 3,000 Microcredit institutions were<br />
providing loans to 81 million people.<br />
TECHNICAL DETAILS<br />
Issue date ....................... 5 July 2005<br />
FDI withdrawal ................ 2 August 2005<br />
Denomination ................. One x 50c<br />
Designer ........................ Lynette Traynor, <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong><br />
Design Studio<br />
Printer ............................ Penfold Buscombe, Tasmania<br />
National postmark ........... Canberra ACT 2600<br />
MAIL ORDER CODES<br />
1460250 Set Microcredit PSEs<br />
(mint/postmarked)[MO] ...................... $1.20<br />
1460134 PSE (one x 50c) ................................. $0.60<br />
1460144 PSE (postmarked) .............................. $0.60<br />
<strong>Australia</strong> and War prestige booklet<br />
This product, featured in the March<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n Stamp Bulletin, was<br />
incorrectly listed as – 0964464 ($14.95)<br />
and should read – 0964464 ($16.95)
<strong>Australia</strong>n Wine<br />
Wine production in <strong>Australia</strong> is a growth<br />
industry. <strong>Australia</strong> is now the world’s fourth<br />
largest wine exporter – behind France, Italy<br />
and Spain – and the single largest exporter of<br />
wine outside the European Union. <strong>Australia</strong><br />
is the number one supplier of wine to the<br />
United Kingdom and number two to the<br />
United States of America.<br />
Approximately 70 per cent of all<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n grapes come from the inland<br />
regions such as Griffi th and Mildura and<br />
not the more famous regions like the<br />
Barossa, Hunter and Yarra. About 60 per<br />
cent of the total area of wine plantings is<br />
devoted to red varieties, of which shiraz<br />
makes up about a third.<br />
<strong>Australia</strong> is known for its shiraz – one in<br />
four glasses of wine consumed is a shiraz.<br />
Chardonnay is the most widely planted of<br />
the white-wine grape variety, constituting<br />
almost a third of all white-wine plantings.<br />
While the first vines arrived in <strong>Australia</strong> in<br />
1788 with the First Fleet, they were not<br />
successful and in the following years many<br />
attempts were made to establish winemaking<br />
ventures.<br />
Notable amongst these was Gregory<br />
Blaxland, who in 1822 shipped 136 litres of<br />
19 July 2005<br />
wine to London where it won a Silver Medal<br />
from the Royal Society of Arts. Five years<br />
later, a larger shipment of 1,800 litres of<br />
Blaxland’s wine won the Gold Ceres Medal.<br />
Vines were planted in the Hunter Valley<br />
in the 1820s and in the Barossa and Yarra<br />
Valleys in the 1840s and 1850s. The Yarra<br />
Valley was the dominant region of the<br />
nineteenth century and by 1890 Victoria<br />
produced almost 60 per cent of <strong>Australia</strong>’s<br />
wine – more than all other states combined.<br />
However the scourge of phylloxera ruined the<br />
Victorian wine industry in the 1890s.<br />
The Wine Board was established in the<br />
1920s and by the end of WWII, <strong>Australia</strong><br />
was producing almost 117 million litres<br />
of wine per year. The primary focus of the<br />
wine industry before the 1950s was fortifi ed<br />
wines. The Rutherglen district of northern<br />
Victoria produced (and still produces) some<br />
of the country’s greatest fortifi ed wines.<br />
In the 1950s refrigeration was introduced to<br />
control fermentation thus providing scope<br />
for standardisation across the different<br />
regions and from year to year.<br />
This, combined with the rapid infl ux<br />
of post-war migrants from Europe, who<br />
brought with them their appreciation of wine<br />
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First day cover<br />
and winemaking skills, pushed the <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
wine industry into the next phase of growth.<br />
The 1960s saw a shift in preference to red<br />
wines of the fuller-bodied Bordeaux style and<br />
invention of the wine cask (in 1965). The<br />
1970s saw the aromatic wines boom and the<br />
widespread use of the wine cask. By the end<br />
of the 1970s wine preference had changed to<br />
dry white table wines and the Chardonnay<br />
boom began.<br />
The late 1980s saw <strong>Australia</strong>n wine break<br />
into the traditional markets of Europe.<br />
They were, and are, perceived as being clean<br />
and fresh with fruit-driven white styles<br />
and robust reds. This export boom created<br />
a greater demand for our red wines than<br />
the whites, fuelling the start of the red wine<br />
boom – still the trend today.<br />
Wine-grape growing and winemaking are<br />
now carried out in every State and Territory<br />
of <strong>Australia</strong>.The period between 1990 and<br />
2001 saw <strong>Australia</strong> emerge as one of the<br />
leading winemaking countries in the world<br />
with approximately 1.5 million bottles of<br />
wine leaving <strong>Australia</strong> every day, supplying<br />
89 international markets.<br />
THE STAMPS<br />
50c – Vineyard<br />
50c – Ripe<br />
$1.00 – Harvesting<br />
$1.00 – Casking<br />
$1.45 – Lifestyle<br />
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The design adopts a photographic approach<br />
illustrating the process of wine production<br />
from growth in the vineyards to the convivial<br />
act of drinking.<br />
The stamps evoke a sense of the tradition<br />
and history in the <strong>Australia</strong>n wine industry<br />
whilst simultaneously creating a sense of<br />
intimacy, recognition and pride. Graphic<br />
motifs – the fence post and wire, bottle and<br />
bottle opener have been used to expand the<br />
narrative.<br />
DESIGNER AND RELATED PRODUCTS<br />
The stamps were designed by Andrew<br />
Hogg of Melbourne whose first stamp<br />
issue was the 150th Anniversary of the First<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n Coin (2005). Other products are<br />
a first day cover, a stamp pack, maximum<br />
cards, a booklet of 10 x 50c stamps and a<br />
prestige booklet.<br />
Stamp pack
Specialist Notes<br />
13 June 2005<br />
Stamp and Collectables Fair<br />
The Peninsula Stamp Club Incorporated<br />
is holding the above fair on the Queen’s<br />
Birthday public holiday.<br />
The fair is to be held at the Dromana<br />
Uniting Church Hall, corner Point Nepean<br />
Road and McCulloch Street, Dromana<br />
(Melway 159 G6).<br />
Opening hours are 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.<br />
and admission is free. Refreshments will<br />
also be available on the day.<br />
11 September 2005<br />
Southpex 2005<br />
Western <strong>Australia</strong>’s Southpex 2005 will<br />
be held at the Maddington Community<br />
Centre from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday<br />
11 September.<br />
Some of the products available include<br />
Year of the Rooster booklets at $3.00 each<br />
with no postage fee. Booklets can be ordered<br />
from:<br />
PO Box 228<br />
Gosnells WA 6110<br />
For further information about the event<br />
please contact (08) 9459 2203.<br />
ANDA Coin, Banknote & Stamp Shows for 2005<br />
Australasian Numismatic Dealers<br />
Association (ANDA) has scheduled these<br />
remaining shows for 2005. Additional<br />
and updated information may be<br />
available on-line at www.anda.com.au<br />
Sydney NSW 5 to 7 August 2005<br />
Sydney Lower Town Hall<br />
Melbourne VIC 21 to 23 October 2005<br />
Melbourne Tennis Centre — Melbourne Park<br />
26 June 2005<br />
Stampfest 2005<br />
Southside Philatelic Society will hold this<br />
event at the RSL Hall, 58 Arnold Street,<br />
Holland Park. Admission is free and the<br />
event will operate from 9.30am to 3.00pm.<br />
As well as dealers, bargain tables, club<br />
books, and sale by tender, almost $1000<br />
worth of quality prizes will be given away.<br />
For enquiries telephone: (03) 892 5833<br />
Exhibition Overprints<br />
Overprints for exhibitions held either within<br />
<strong>Australia</strong> or internationally are available by<br />
mailorder and through the outlets listed<br />
below.<br />
If you would like to purchase an overprint<br />
and the outlets below are not geographically<br />
suited to your needs, your local postal outlet<br />
is able to place an order to secure the product<br />
for you. This will ensure you do not miss out<br />
when overprints become available.<br />
VIC /TAS<br />
Melb GPO<br />
Doncaster<br />
NPC<br />
Bentleigh<br />
Bairnsdale<br />
Ringwood<br />
Frankston TC<br />
Bendigo Central<br />
Southland Centre<br />
Niddrie<br />
Camberwell<br />
The Glen<br />
Ballarat<br />
Dandenong<br />
Geelong<br />
Rosanna<br />
Wangaratta<br />
Shepparton<br />
Morwell<br />
Warrnambool<br />
Bathurst St, Hobart<br />
NSW/ACT<br />
Canberra GPO<br />
Canberra<br />
(Parliament House)<br />
Castle Hill<br />
Chatswood<br />
Dee Why<br />
Newcastle<br />
Parramatta CBD<br />
QVB<br />
Sydney GPO<br />
Tamworth<br />
Wollongong<br />
Cabramatta<br />
Hornsby<br />
SA/NT<br />
Morpett Vale<br />
Port Lincoln<br />
Port Pirie<br />
Salisbury<br />
Darwin GPO<br />
Brooklyn Park<br />
Semaphore<br />
Woodville<br />
Klemzig<br />
Penola<br />
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<strong>Post</strong>marks<br />
Exhibition Overprints (continued)<br />
QLD<br />
Brisbane GPO<br />
Ipswich<br />
Robina<br />
Upper Mt Gravatt<br />
Maroochydore<br />
Rockhampton<br />
First Day of Issue <strong>Post</strong>marks<br />
7 June 2005 International: Bush Wildlife<br />
Olinda VIC 3788<br />
21 June 2005 Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Reef Sharks<br />
Cocos (Keeling) Islands WA 6799<br />
5 July 2005 Defi nitives: <strong>Australia</strong>n Wildfl owers<br />
Botany NSW 2019<br />
5 July 2005 UN International Year of Microcredit PSE<br />
Canberra ACT 2600<br />
19 July 2005 <strong>Australia</strong>n Wine<br />
Adelaide SA 5000<br />
16 August 2005 Native Trees<br />
Forest Hill VIC 3131<br />
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WA<br />
St Georges Tce<br />
Cannington<br />
Hillary’s <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Shop</strong><br />
Midland<br />
Fremantle<br />
National FDI <strong>Post</strong>marks<br />
First day covers, serviced with national FDI<br />
postmarks, are available from FDI <strong>Post</strong><br />
Offices and from the <strong>Australia</strong>n Philatelic<br />
Bureau by mail order (for four weeks).<br />
Private covers can only be serviced:<br />
• at the designated post office on the day of<br />
issue OR<br />
• by the Bureau if covers are received prior<br />
to the first day of issue<br />
Note<br />
• <strong>Post</strong>marking requests to the <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
Philatelic Bureau incur the normal $5.00<br />
P&H charge for ad hoc orders.<br />
<strong>Post</strong>marks<br />
Pictorial <strong>Post</strong>marks<br />
Walhalla VIC 3825<br />
There will be a redesign of the existing<br />
train postmarker to accomodate a larger<br />
date slug. Impressions are available from<br />
<strong>Post</strong>al Manager, Walhalla LPO, VIC 3825<br />
Werris Creek NSW 2341<br />
Design features an historic train. Available 5<br />
July 2005 from PM, Werris Creek <strong>Post</strong> Office.<br />
Bingara NSW 2404<br />
Design features the Bingara town logo.<br />
Available 5 July 2005 from PM, Bingara<br />
<strong>Post</strong> Office.<br />
Temporary Pictorial <strong>Post</strong>mark<br />
XXII IUFRO World Congress Brisbane QLD<br />
A temporary pictorial postmark used<br />
to commemorate the first day of the<br />
International Union of Forest Research<br />
Organisations World Congress 2005, held<br />
8 August 2005 in Brisbane. The postmark<br />
will be available for one month from the<br />
PM, Brisbane GPO.<br />
AAT Mawson Station 1954-2004<br />
First Day Covers<br />
The first day of issue for each station is the<br />
date the supply ship arrives at the station.<br />
2004/2005 Arrival Dates<br />
Casey 28 October 2004<br />
Davis 1 December 2004<br />
Mawson 6 December2004<br />
Macquarie 25 March 2005<br />
AAT Mawson Station 1954-2004 (February<br />
2004) was the AAT issue and station covers<br />
are produced for these dates.<br />
The first day cover for the issue featured<br />
a se-tenant pair of 50c stamps, and one<br />
each of $1.00 and $1.45 stamps.
A postmarked cover for each station is<br />
available, or covers can be purchased as<br />
a set by mail order from the <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
Philatelic Bureau from 1 July 2005.<br />
Mail order codes<br />
0257027 Set (one cover each base) ................$15.00<br />
0257030 AAT Mawson Station (Casey) ..............$3.75<br />
0257029 AAT Mawson Station (Davis) ...............$3.75<br />
0257028 AAT Mawson Station (Mawson) ..........$3.75<br />
0257031 AAT Mawson Station (Macquarie) .......$3.75<br />
Koala Count<br />
The Koala Count identifies specific reprints.<br />
A koala symbol printed in the selvedge<br />
adjacent to stamps and down either side of<br />
a sheet indicates a reprint, two koalas the<br />
second reprint, and so on. A kangaroo<br />
indicates the fifth reprint.<br />
In each issue of the Bulletin we publish<br />
a list of the stamp issues reprinted since<br />
the previous issue. Right is a summary list<br />
of reprints since the annual summary list<br />
in the June–July 2004 Bulletin. An asterisk<br />
indicates a reprint not previously listed.<br />
Nature of <strong>Australia</strong>: Rainforest 2003<br />
0233190 Booklet of 20 x 50c<br />
SEP Sprint/ B100 ............................$10.00<br />
0233209 Roll of 100 x 50c<br />
SEP Sprint/B90 ...............................$50.00<br />
0233191 Strip of four from roll of 100 x 50c<br />
SEP Sprint/B90 .................................$2.00<br />
0253067 $1.45 Blue Orchid*<br />
SEP Sprint/Tullis Russell ...................$1.45<br />
Panoramas of <strong>Australia</strong> (1) 2002<br />
0243067 $1.00 Mt Roland<br />
SEP Sprint/Tullis Russell ...................$1.00<br />
Nature of <strong>Australia</strong>: Wetlands 1997<br />
0244067 20c Saltwater Crocodile<br />
SEP Sprint/Tullis Russell ....................$0.20<br />
Koala Count<br />
0252067 20c Saltwater Crocodile*<br />
SEP Sprint/Tullis Russell ....................$0.20<br />
0256067 $10.00 Kakadu Wetlands*<br />
SEP Sprint/Tullis Russell ..................$10.00<br />
International Stamps 2000<br />
0242067 $10.00 Devil’s Marbles<br />
SEP Sprint/Tullis Russell ..................$10.00<br />
0255067 $5.00 Twelve Apostles<br />
SEP Sprint/Tullis Russell ....................$5.00<br />
Panoramas of <strong>Australia</strong> (II) 2002<br />
0247067 $1.10 Coonawarra SA<br />
SEP Sprint/Tullis Russell ....................$1.10<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n Wildlife: Defi nitives 1994<br />
0246067 $0.30 Saltwater Crocodile<br />
SEP Sprint/Tullis Russell .................... $0.30<br />
Nature of the Desert: Defi nitives 2002<br />
0254067 $1.50 Thorny Devil*<br />
SEP Sprint/Tullis Russell .................... $1.50<br />
In Retrospect<br />
Transport and Communication – A Selection of the<br />
Engraved Stamps of <strong>Australia</strong><br />
This publication was released at Pacific<br />
Explorer 2005 featuring 32 proofs printed<br />
from original stamp dies relating to the<br />
theme of transport and communication.<br />
Unfortunately, production difficulties<br />
made it necessary to substitute three of<br />
the 32 dies announced for inclusion in the<br />
book.<br />
The three replacement dies are the 1931<br />
6d Kingsford Smith stamp, in both an issued<br />
and unissued version of this stamp, and the<br />
1963 Cocos (Keeling)Islands 2s. Dukung<br />
stamp. The three stamp dies not included<br />
in the book are the 1929 3d Air Mail stamp,<br />
1931 6d Air Mail stamp and 1963 Cocos<br />
(Keeling) Islands 5d Constellation aircraft<br />
stamp.<br />
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Specialist In Retrospect Notes<br />
Permanent Pictorial <strong>Post</strong>markers<br />
Meningie SA 5264<br />
A new replacement pictorial postmarker<br />
was introduced on 7 March 2005. The<br />
postmarker features Pelicans with only<br />
slight size variations to the date box and<br />
the Pelicans.<br />
Impressions are available from:<br />
<strong>Post</strong>al Manager<br />
Meningie <strong>Post</strong> Offi ce, SA 5264.<br />
Hilton Plaza SA 5033<br />
A new permanent pictorial postmarker<br />
was introduced on 20 April 2005. The<br />
postmarker features an image of Sir<br />
Donald Bradman’s “baggy green” cap.<br />
Impressions are available from:<br />
<strong>Post</strong>al Manager<br />
Hilton Plaza SA 5033.<br />
Wannamal WA 6505<br />
In celebration of 100 years of postal service<br />
in Wannamal WA, a permanent pictorial<br />
postmarker was released in March 2005.<br />
The postmark depicts a black swan<br />
on Lake Wannamal together with the<br />
Hibbertia miniata flower. Impressions are<br />
available from:<br />
<strong>Post</strong>al Manager<br />
Wannamal CPA WA 6505<br />
Temporary Pictorial <strong>Post</strong>mark<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n Lions Convention 3-6 May 2005<br />
Adelaide will host the 2005 <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
Lions Club Convention and a temporary<br />
postmark featuring the Lions Club logo<br />
inside a map of South <strong>Australia</strong> will be<br />
available on opening day only.<br />
Impressions are available from:<br />
<strong>Post</strong>al Manager<br />
Adelaide GPO SA 5000<br />
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<strong>Australia</strong>n Lions Convention 3-6 May 2005 (cont.)<br />
We will also be producing Counter Printed<br />
Stamps in strips of 6 x 50c only. Available<br />
by mail order from:<br />
<strong>Post</strong>al Manager<br />
Adelaide GPO SA 5000:<br />
Literal = LIONS ADELAIDE<br />
Set of 6 x 50c Roo & Koala CPS labels (mint) ....... $3.00<br />
Set of 6 x 50c Roo & Koala CPS labels on cover<br />
& postmarked .................................... $3.30<br />
No EPOS terminal will be attached to the<br />
CPS printer, and so no receipts will be<br />
available. Minimum credit card orders<br />
AUD$10.00. American Express and Diners<br />
Club credit cards cannot be accepted for mail<br />
order. This issue will be withdrawn from<br />
sale as of 31 August 2005.<br />
Error in March–May <strong>Australia</strong>n Stamp Bulletin.<br />
The national FDI postmark for the stamp<br />
issue Creatures of the Slime was listed<br />
in this publication incorrectly. The FDI<br />
postmark should have read:<br />
Creatures of the Slime<br />
Hawker SA 5434<br />
All covers received at the Sydney GPO for<br />
cancellation have been forwarded on to<br />
Hawker SA where the correct postmark<br />
will be added before being returned to<br />
collectors.The prestige booklet <strong>Australia</strong> and<br />
War was listed as $14.95. The correct price<br />
for this product is $16.95. We apologise for<br />
any inconvenience to collectors.<br />
Seven Seas Optional & Supplement pages.<br />
0259235 21 March 2005 Marking the Occasion<br />
Supplement (design set P&S-Full set of bklts) $89.65<br />
0259236 21 April 2005 Joint Issue with UK<br />
Optional (Aust./ UK stamps-from joint stamp pack) $21.60<br />
0260236 21 April 2005 Centenary of Rotary<br />
Optional (P&S sheetlet ten x 50c) $5.00
<strong>Australia</strong>n Wine<br />
Maximum cards<br />
Booklet of 10 x 50c stamps<br />
TECHNICAL DETAILS<br />
19 July 2005<br />
Prestige booklet<br />
Issue date ....................... 19 July 2005<br />
FDI withdrawal date ......... 16 August 2005<br />
Denominations ................ Two x 50c, two x $1.00,<br />
one x $1.45<br />
Designer ........................ Andrew Hogg, Melbourne<br />
Stamp size ...................... 37.5mm x 26mm<br />
Perforations .................... 13.86 x 14.6<br />
Printer ............................ SEP Sprint<br />
Paper ............................. Tullis Russell<br />
Printing process .............. Lithography<br />
Sheet layout .................... Sheet of 50/two panes of 25<br />
National postmark ........... Adelaide SA 5000<br />
MAIL ORDER CODES<br />
1461067 Stamps (two x 50c, two x $1.00,<br />
one x $1.45) ...................................... $4.45<br />
1461001 First day cover ................................... $4.75<br />
1461126 Stamp pack ....................................... $4.90<br />
1461250 Cheque book (20 x 10 x 50c) .......... $100.00<br />
1461182 Booklet (ten x 50c) ............................. $5.00<br />
1461184 Prestige booklet ............................... $10.95<br />
1461220 Maximum cards (set of fi ve) ................ $8.20<br />
1461240 Set of gutter strips [MO] ................... $29.50<br />
1461241 Gutter strip (ten x 50c) ........................ $5.00<br />
1461242 Gutter strip (ten x $1.00) .................. $10.00<br />
1461243 Gutter strip (ten x $1.45) .................. $14.50<br />
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Native Trees<br />
Trees are not just beautiful, they are a vital<br />
part of the system that sustains life on the<br />
planet. Without trees we have concrete<br />
jungles, deserts or tundras. Among other<br />
things, trees provide shelter from the wind,<br />
shade from the sun, nesting places for birds<br />
and other animals. There have also been<br />
a myriad of economic uses for trees, from<br />
supplying timber for construction and<br />
furniture-making, to railway sleepers and<br />
telegraph poles.<br />
This stamp issue coincides with the 22nd<br />
International Union of Forest Research<br />
Organisations World Congress being held<br />
from 8-13 August 2005 at the Brisbane<br />
Convention & Exhibition Centre. The theme<br />
for the 2005 Congress is Forests in the Balance:<br />
Linking Tradition and Technology.<br />
THE STAMPS<br />
Snow gum (Eucalyptus paucifl ora)<br />
The Snow Gum grows in the highest and<br />
coldest parts of southern <strong>Australia</strong>, in the<br />
Snowy Mountains, along the tablelands<br />
in southern New South Wales through<br />
Victoria to Tasmania. A small to medium<br />
sized spreading tree, the Snow Gum usually<br />
has a crooked trunk and many branches<br />
with distinctive beautiful smooth green,<br />
grey and cream bark. The bark changes to<br />
the vibrant colours of red, green, pink and<br />
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orange when wet with rain or snow. The<br />
leaves are glossy, thick and waxy. The Snow<br />
Gum, although called “paucifl ora” meaning<br />
few fl owers, in fact fl owers quite profusely<br />
and frequently with white blooms from<br />
October to January.<br />
A very long-lived species, it is also very<br />
slow growing. It can withstand snow and<br />
ice but is able to grow in diverse areas and is<br />
easily cultivated from seed. It can be used for<br />
windbreaks, shade, fence posts, fuel, honey<br />
and for medicinal purposes.<br />
Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis)<br />
One of the world’s oldest and rarest tree<br />
species, the Wollemi Pine was presumed<br />
extinct until re-discovered near Sydney in<br />
1994. Dubbed “the botanical find of the<br />
century”, akin to finding a living dinosaur,<br />
extensive research is now underway in<br />
order to conserve this ancient species.<br />
Less than 100 mature trees exist in the<br />
wild. Wollemi Pines are members of the<br />
ancient Araucariaceae family, also known<br />
as Monkey Puzzle trees. These are plants of<br />
the southern hemisphere.<br />
Ancient pollen samples show that the<br />
Wollemi Pine, or its near relatives, dominated<br />
the forests of the southern hemisphere for<br />
over 100 million years. Dramatic changes<br />
to the world’s climate about 2 million years<br />
ago led to their demise.
The tree is being propagated for<br />
commercial release in 2005. Royalties<br />
from the sale of the trees will go to the<br />
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney to fund<br />
conservation efforts.<br />
Boab (Adansonia gregorii)<br />
The <strong>Australia</strong>n Boab is indigenous to the<br />
Kimberley region of northern Western<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>, where its distinctive shape has<br />
become symbolic of the region. Related<br />
to the Baobab tree of Africa, it is a large<br />
spreading tree up to 15 metres high with<br />
branches that radiate from the top of the<br />
trunk.<br />
The barrel shaped trunk, with its smooth<br />
grey-brown bark, can grow to 20 metres in<br />
circumference. The tree fl owers with large<br />
fragrant white blooms just before the wet<br />
season. The fruit are small to large woody<br />
capsules containing many kidney-shaped<br />
seeds. Aboriginal people carve Boab nuts as<br />
decorative ornaments and traditionally use<br />
parts of the tree for food, medicine, water<br />
supply, fi bre, glue and shelter.<br />
Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor)<br />
In the south-west of Western <strong>Australia</strong> fine<br />
forests of towering gum trees, known by<br />
their Aboriginal name Karri trees, once<br />
dominated the area. Most of the forests<br />
were cleared for farms and the great trees<br />
became the building materials for cities.<br />
The botanical name for this distinct tree,<br />
Eucalyptus diversicolor, refers to the contrast<br />
in leaf colour. With delicately marbled trunks,<br />
the graceful Karris can grow to great heights,<br />
up 75 metres –the tallest trees in Western<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>. It is also one of the most important<br />
timbers. Hard, tough and quite durable, it is<br />
used extensively for shipbuilding, flooring,<br />
and telegraph poles.<br />
8 August 2005<br />
Stamp pack<br />
Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla)<br />
The Moreton Bay Fig is best-known as a<br />
massive tree native to the rainforests of<br />
coastal NSW to northern Queensland.<br />
However it can also take the form of a<br />
strangling vine, depending entirely on<br />
where the germinating seed lands.<br />
If the seed is deposited in the trunk of<br />
another tree and germinates there, its roots<br />
will spread down the trunk of the host tree<br />
which will eventually be strangled. If the seed<br />
lands on the ground and germinates, it will<br />
grow into a magnifi cent tree with thick glossy<br />
leaves with massive buttresses at the foot of its<br />
trunk and huge spreading roots.<br />
Moreton Bay Figs have been cultivated<br />
extensively in public parks and gardens<br />
around the country, where they are valued for<br />
their beauty and their extensive shade. The<br />
buttresses serve as wonderful playgrounds<br />
for children. Many of these old giants have<br />
achieved iconic status.<br />
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Native Trees<br />
Related products<br />
Products included in this issue are first day<br />
covers (gummed and self-adhesive), stamp<br />
pack, set of four maximum cards and a roll<br />
of 100 x 50c stamps.<br />
16<br />
First day cover<br />
Maximum cards<br />
2005<br />
2005<br />
2005<br />
2005<br />
Decorative gutter strip<br />
& the cover of a roll of<br />
100 x 50c stamps<br />
2005<br />
2005<br />
8 August 2005<br />
TECHNICAL DETAILS<br />
Issue date ....................... 8 August 2005<br />
FDI withdrawal date ......... 5 September 2005<br />
Denominations ................ Five x 50c<br />
Designer ........................ Lisa Christensen,<br />
<strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong> Design Studio<br />
Photography ................... Peter McConchie (Snow Gum,<br />
Boab, Karri, Moreton Bay Fig), Jaime Plaza (*Wollemi Pine)<br />
*reproduced courtesy Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney<br />
Stamp size ...................... 37.5mm x 26mm<br />
Perforations .................... 13.86 x 14.6<br />
Printer ............................ SEP Sprint<br />
Paper (gummed) ............. Tullis Russell<br />
Paper (s/adhesive) .......... B90<br />
Printing process .............. Lithography<br />
Sheet layout .................... Sheet of 50<br />
Design feature ................ Printed image in gutter<br />
National postmark ........... Forest Hill VIC 3131<br />
MAIL ORDER CODES<br />
1462067 Stamps (fi ve x 50c) .............................$2.50<br />
1462001 Set fi rst day covers [MO] ......................$5.60<br />
(gummed & self-adhesive)<br />
1462002 First day cover (gummed) .....................$2.80<br />
1462003 First day cover (self-adhesive) ..............$2.80<br />
1462126 Stamp pack .......................................$2.95<br />
1462220 Maximum cards (set of fi ve) ..................$6.25<br />
1462240 Gutter strip (ten x 50c) decorative .........$5.00<br />
1462223 Collector pack .....................................$6.40<br />
1462209 Roll (100 x 50c) .................................$50.00<br />
1462200 Five s/adhesive 50c stamps from roll ....$2.50<br />
2005<br />
2005<br />
2005<br />
2005
C i t y S c a p e s P P E s<br />
City Scapes PPEs<br />
21 June 2005<br />
A new collection of pre-paid stationery for<br />
use within <strong>Australia</strong> features city skylines.<br />
The images, capturing both day and night<br />
views, are from <strong>Australia</strong>’s major cities and<br />
each uses a prominent city feature.<br />
The envelopes, the stamp area of which<br />
is shown above, are presented in a variety of<br />
sizes to suit the needs of general postage.<br />
TECHNICAL DETAILS<br />
Issue date ....................... 21 June 2005<br />
Designer ........................ Symone Lambert,<br />
<strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong> Design Studio<br />
Printer ............................ Penfold Buscombe, Tasmania<br />
(No national fi rst day of issue postmark for this issue)<br />
MAIL ORDER CODES<br />
1463226 Set of domestic PPEs ...........................$8.65<br />
1463250 DL PPE ...............................................$0.60<br />
1463251 DL (W/F) PPE ......................................$0.60<br />
1463252 C6 PPE ...............................................$0.60<br />
1463253 C6 (W/F) PPE ......................................$0.60<br />
1463254 C5 PPE ...............................................$1.20<br />
1463255 C4 PPE ..............................................$2.35<br />
1463256 B4 PPE ..............................................$2.70<br />
IImportant m p o r t a n t nnews! e w s !<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n Stamp Bulletin change<br />
Previously, collectors of the <strong>Australia</strong>n Stamp<br />
Bulletin received five editions each year as follows:<br />
January - February<br />
March - May<br />
June - July<br />
August - September<br />
October - December<br />
From this edition onwards the <strong>Australia</strong>n Stamp<br />
Bulletin will be issued as four editions in line with<br />
the <strong>Australia</strong>n Stamp Explorer and other philatelic<br />
publications around the world.<br />
As a quarterly publication, this will allow for<br />
more stamp issues to be covered well ahead of their<br />
release date, and may even assist some collectors<br />
with postage costs. Each edition will have a full three<br />
months of stamp issues from the <strong>Australia</strong>n philatelic<br />
program. The four editions will run as follows:<br />
January - March<br />
April - June<br />
July - September<br />
October - December<br />
For example, included in this edition is information<br />
relating to stamp issues for August, which normally<br />
would not have been covered until the August/<br />
September <strong>Australia</strong>n Stamp Bulletin.<br />
The fourth and last edition for this year will<br />
include stamp issues for September through to<br />
December. This means you will have information<br />
about the Christmas stamp issue a full month earlier.<br />
From January 2006, the quarterly editions will be<br />
sent to collectors as outlined above. The four editions<br />
will provide more timely information for collectors<br />
each quarter and is part of the ongoing commitment<br />
of the <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong> Philatelic Group to meet our<br />
customer needs.<br />
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MMarine a r i n e LLife i f e<br />
IInternational n t e r n a t i o n a l PPPEs P E s<br />
aand n d AAerogrammes e r o g r a m m e s<br />
Seahorses and seadragons have been<br />
used in the theme for this new range of<br />
international pre-paid envelopes and<br />
aerogrammes. Seahorses, pipefish and<br />
seadragons are all members of the family<br />
Syngnathidae, with representatives found<br />
throughout the world.<br />
Syngnathids are now fully protected in<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>. There are 28 species of seahorses<br />
and three species of seadragons found in<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>.<br />
TECHNICAL DETAILS<br />
Issue date ....................... 7 June 2005<br />
Designer ........................ Ego Guiotto<br />
Printer ............................ Penfold Buscombe, Tasmania<br />
(No national fi rst day of issue postmark for this issue)<br />
MAIL ORDER CODES<br />
1464226 Set of International PPEs ................. $11.80<br />
1464250 DL International PPE .......................... $2.00<br />
1464251 C5 International PPE .......................... $3.80<br />
1464252 C4 International PPE .......................... $6.00<br />
1465155 Set fi ve aerogrammes ....................... $4.75<br />
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7 June 2005<br />
More souvenir sheets and<br />
collectables<br />
55 Years of Peanuts SES<br />
The famous comic strip “Peanuts”, featuring<br />
Snoopy and his friends, turns 55 years old this year.<br />
The stamp tabs feature Charlie Brown, Woodstock,<br />
Lucy and Peppermint Patty, just to name a few.<br />
Mail order<br />
1113736 55 Years of Peanuts SES ................... $15.95<br />
TRH Crown Prince and Crown Princess of<br />
Denmark Commemorative SES<br />
This commemorative SES, approved by the Royal<br />
Danish Court, celebrates the first Royal Tour to<br />
<strong>Australia</strong> by Their Royal Highnesses the Crown<br />
Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark in February<br />
2005. The stamps are 10 x 50c <strong>Australia</strong> and Globe<br />
with images of the royal couple in the tabs and<br />
selvedge area.<br />
Mail order codes<br />
1113743 TRH Crown Prince & Princess SES .... $15.95<br />
The image of the NRL sheetlet pack (shown here) was<br />
not available in time for our earlier edition (March-May).<br />
Mail order codes for these products are on page 23.
<strong>Australia</strong>n Grand Prix SES<br />
A special event sheet celebrating the tenth anniversary<br />
of the running of the <strong>Australia</strong>n GP in Melbourne.<br />
The sheet features 10 x 50c Kangaroo and Flag stamps<br />
with images of GP drivers in the tabs. Available at<br />
selected postal outlets and by mailorder.<br />
There is also a generic personalised on-site sheet,<br />
used during the event, with different images in the<br />
selvedge area. The 10 x 50c Kangaroo and Flag stamp<br />
tabs feature Paralympic Silver Medallist, Don Elgin.<br />
Mail order codes<br />
1113741 <strong>Australia</strong>n GP Anniversary SES ......... $15.95<br />
1113742 <strong>Australia</strong>n GP (Don Elgin) SES[MO] ... $15.95<br />
MISSION AUSTRALIA<br />
A reminder that this limited edition SES, which<br />
was used to launch the stylish new <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
fi lm THREE DOLLARS, is available on-line at<br />
www.missionaustralia.com.au/stamps, and also<br />
by Freecall 1800 88 88 68. Price – $15.95.<br />
<strong>Post</strong> Master Gallery<br />
www.auspost.com.au/gallery<br />
Designing <strong>Australia</strong>n Identity<br />
11 June - 14 September 2005<br />
This exhibition presents the work of the 1970s<br />
All-<strong>Australia</strong>n Graffiti graphic design group,<br />
and the more recent flag design concepts<br />
behind Russell Kennedy’s A Vision Unfurled.<br />
Both projects focus on images and icons of<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n identity. All <strong>Australia</strong>n Graffi ti was<br />
urban, street wise and irreverent. Infl uenced by<br />
American cartoonist Robert Crumb and the<br />
graphics of Monty Python, the group captured<br />
the regional and multicultural elements of the<br />
day and challenged the minimal international<br />
style that was current.<br />
Touring Exhibitions<br />
Produce Food! Traditional and contemporary images<br />
of agriculture on <strong>Australia</strong>n stamps<br />
Curated by Gary Corbett and Ann Wookey<br />
There was a time when <strong>Australia</strong>’s economy and<br />
image“rode on the sheep’s back”. While wool,<br />
wheat and beef were the industry’s traditional<br />
icons, <strong>Australia</strong>n agriculture now produces<br />
such diverse products as wine and bush foods.<br />
This exhibition examines rural and agricultural<br />
themes on <strong>Australia</strong>n stamps and includes the<br />
drawings, photographs and original artworks<br />
used in their design and development.<br />
4 June - 3 July 2005<br />
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre<br />
782 Kingsway Gymea NSW<br />
Gallery hours Monday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
Enquiries : (02) 8536 5700 or email hazelhurst@ssc.nsw.gov.au<br />
For more information visit www.hazelhurst.com.au<br />
THE POST MASTER GALLERY<br />
321 Exhibition Street Melbourne VIC 3000<br />
Enquiries (03) 9204 5021<br />
Group and program bookings (03) 9204 7727<br />
Online at www.auspost.com.au/gallery<br />
Or e-mail to postmastergallery@auspost.com.au<br />
ADMISSION IS FREE - GALLERY HOURS ARE<br />
Saturday to Monday midday to 5 p.m.<br />
Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
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Seven Seas<br />
7 June 2005 Bush Wildlife<br />
Supplement •two design sets (gummed & p/s)<br />
Optional •three p/s sheetlets<br />
5 July 2005 <strong>Australia</strong>n Wildfl owers<br />
Supplement •two design sets (gummed & p/s)<br />
Optional • p/s booklet 10 x 50c •p/s booklet 20x 50c<br />
•two x p/s strips •p/s collector pack •p/s sheetlet of five<br />
(<strong>Australia</strong>n Wildflowers P&S designs will be supplied by<br />
<strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong> as complete booklets only)<br />
19 July 2005 <strong>Australia</strong>n Wine<br />
Supplement •design set (gummed)•two x 50c (p/s)<br />
(<strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong> will supply a complete booklet)<br />
Optional •p/s booklet 10 x 50c<br />
New Issues<br />
Mail Order Product Description Price *Planned<br />
Code 7 June 2005 Defi nitive: Bush Wildlife<br />
Withdrawal Date<br />
1457067 Stamps (one x $1.00, one x $1.10, one x $1.20, one x $1.80) $5.10 To be advised<br />
1457001 First day cover $5.40 5 July 2005<br />
1457126 Stamp pack $5.55 To be advised<br />
1457220 Maximum cards (set of four) $8.10 To be advised<br />
1457122 Set of sheetlets ($1.10, $1.20, $1.80) [MO] $20.50 To be advised<br />
1457251 Sheetlet ( fi ve x $1.10) $5.50 To be advised<br />
1457252 Sheetlet ( fi ve x $1.20) $6.00 To be advised<br />
1457253 Sheetlet ( fi ve x $1.80)<br />
7 June 2005 Marine Life International PPEs<br />
$9.00 To be advised<br />
1464226 Set of DL, C5, & C4 PPEs (mint) $11.80 To be advised<br />
1464250 DL PPE $2.00 To be advised<br />
1464251 C5 PPE $3.80 To be advised<br />
1464252 C4 PPE $6.00 To be advised<br />
1465155 Set of (fi ve x 95c) aerogrammes<br />
21 June 2005 City Scapes Domestic PPEs<br />
$4.75 To be advised<br />
1463226 Set of (DL x two, C6 x two, C5 x one, B4 x one) PPEs (mint) $8.65 To be advised<br />
1463250 DL PPE $0.60 To be advised<br />
1463251 DL PPE W/F $0.60 To be advised<br />
1463252 C6 PPE $0.60 To be advised<br />
1463253 C6 PPE W/F $0.60 To be advised<br />
1463254 C5 PPE $1.20 To be advised<br />
1463255 C4 PPE $2.35 To be advised<br />
1463256 B4 PPE<br />
21 June 2005 Cocos (Keeling) Island Reef Sharks<br />
$2.70 To be advised<br />
1458067 Stamps (two x 50c, one x $1.00, one x $1.45) $3.45 31 December 2005<br />
1458001 First day cover $3.75 19 July 2005<br />
1458240 Set of gutter strips (ten x 50c, ten x $1.00, ten x $1.45)[MO] $29.50 31 December 2005<br />
1458241 Gutter strip (ten x 50c) $5.00 31 December 2005<br />
1458242 Gutter strip (ten x $1.00) $10.00 31 December 2005<br />
1458243 Gutter strip (ten x $1.45) $14.50 31 December 2005<br />
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The following will be included in Seven Seas’ 2005 supplements and optional pages.<br />
Seven Seas’ pages are available only from stamp dealers and from Seven Seas.<br />
Products for Seven Seas pages • No CTO Partial returns for refund not accepted<br />
8 August 2005 Native Trees<br />
Supplement •two design sets (gummed & p/s strip)<br />
Optional • p/s from roll •p/s collector pack •gutter<br />
strip with design<br />
21 June 2005 Cocos (Keeling) Islands – Reef Sharks<br />
Supplement •design set Optional • nil<br />
Mail order codes<br />
1462235 <strong>Australia</strong> Supplement ........................... $44.05<br />
1462236 <strong>Australia</strong> Optional ................................ $69.80<br />
1462237 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Supplement ........ $3.45
New Issues<br />
Mail Order Product Description Price *Planned<br />
Code 5 July 2005 Defi nitive: <strong>Australia</strong>n Wildfl owers<br />
Withdrawal Date<br />
1459067 Stamps (four x 50c) $2.00 To be advised<br />
1459122 Sheetlet of fi ve x 50c $2.50 To be advised<br />
1459001 Set fi rst day covers (gummed & self-adhesive)[MO] $4.60 2 August 2005<br />
1459002 Set fi rst day covers (gummed) $2.30 2 August 2005<br />
1459003 Set fi rst day covers (self-adhesive) $2.30 2 August 2005<br />
1459126 Stamp pack $2.45 To be advised<br />
1459220 Maximum cards (set of four) $5.00 To be advised<br />
1459223 Collector pack $8.90 To be advised<br />
1459263 Cheque book (20 x 10 x 50c) $100.00 To be advised<br />
1459250 Booklet (ten x 50c) $5.00 To be advised<br />
1459264 Cheque book (20 x 20 x 50c) $200.00 To be advised<br />
1459251 Booklet (20 x 50c) $10.00 To be advised<br />
1459209 Roll (100 x 50c) $50.00 To be advised<br />
1459210 Roll (200 x 50c) (Pemara) $100.00 To be advised<br />
1459200 Set of two strips of four from roll (SEP Sprint & Pemara)[MO] $4.00 To be advised<br />
1459293 Strip of four s/a from roll (SEP Sprint) $2.00 To be advised<br />
1459294 Strip of four s/a from roll (Pemara)<br />
5 July UN International Year of Microcredit PSE<br />
$2.00 To be advised<br />
1460250 Set Microcredit PSEs (mint/postmarked)[MO] $1.20 2 August 2005<br />
1460134 PSE (one x 50c mint) $0.60 31 January 2006<br />
1460144 PSE (one x 50c postmarked)<br />
19 July 2005 <strong>Australia</strong>n Wine<br />
$0.60 2 August 2005<br />
1461067 Stamps (two x 50c, two x $1.00, one x $1.45) $4.45 31 January 2006<br />
1461001 First day cover $4.75 16 August 2005<br />
1461126 Stamp pack $4.90 31 January 2006<br />
1461250 Cheque book (20 x 10 x 50c) $100.00 31 January 2006<br />
1461182 Booklet (ten x 50c) $5.00 31 January 2006<br />
1461184 Prestige booklet $10.95 31 January 2006<br />
1461220 Maximum cards (set of fi ve)<br />
8 August 2005 Native Trees<br />
$8.20 31 January 2006<br />
1462067 Stamps (fi ve x 50c) $2.50 28 February 2006<br />
1462001 Set fi rst day covers (gummed & self-adhesive)[MO] $5.60 6 September 2005<br />
1462002 First day cover (gummed) $2.80 6 September 2005<br />
1462003 First day cover (self-adhesive) $2.80 6 September 2005<br />
1462126 Stamp pack $2.95 28 February 2006<br />
1462220 Maximum cards (set of fi ve) $6.25 28 February 2006<br />
1462223 Collector pack $6.40 28 February 2006<br />
1462240 Gutter strip (ten x 50c) with design $5.00 28 February 2006<br />
1462209 Roll (100 x 50c) $50.00 28 February 2006<br />
1462200 Five 50c self-adhesive stamps from roll of 100 $2.50 28 February 2006<br />
Queen’s Baton Relay<br />
uncirculated bronze $5 coin [MO/CC]<br />
Mail order code 1113745 $12.95<br />
Queen’s<br />
Baton Relay<br />
silver proof<br />
$5 coin<br />
RRP $68.50<br />
Retail outlets<br />
only<br />
100 Years of Rotary<br />
stamp & coin set<br />
RRP $79.50<br />
Retail outlets only<br />
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Recent Issues<br />
Mail Order Product Description Price *Planned<br />
Code 8 March 2005 Sports Treasures<br />
Withdrawal Date<br />
1440067 Stamps (two x 50c, two x $1.00) $3.00 30 September 2005<br />
1440126 Stamp pack $3.45 30 September 2005<br />
1440220 Maximum cards (set of four) $6.00 30 September 2005<br />
1440240 Set of gutter strips [MO] (ten x 50c,ten x $1.00) no design $15.00 30 September 2005<br />
1440241 Gutter strip (ten x 50c) $5.00 30 September 2005<br />
1440242 Gutter strip (ten x $1.00)<br />
22 March 2005 Marking the Occasion<br />
$10.00 30 September 2005<br />
1439067 Stamps (fi ve x 50c, one x $1.00, one x $1.10, one x $1.20, one x $1.80) $7.60 To be advised<br />
1439126 Stamp pack $8.05 To be advised<br />
1439220 Maximum cards (set of 9) $14.35 To be advised<br />
1439185 Set of special occasion booklets (7) [MO] $89.65 To be advised<br />
1439301 Weddings 50c special occasion booklet $10.95 To be advised<br />
1439302 Weddings $1.00 special occasion booklet $20.95 To be advised<br />
1439303 Destinations special occasion booklet $12.95 To be advised<br />
1439304 <strong>Post</strong>cards special occasion booklet $12.95 To be advised<br />
1439305 Babies special occasion booklet $10.95 To be advised<br />
1439306 Roses special occasion booklet $10.95 To be advised<br />
1439307 Birthdays/Anniv. special occasion booklet $10.95 To be advised<br />
1439240 Set of fi ve gutter strips (no special text or design in gutters listed below) [MO] $56.00 To be advised<br />
1439241 Gutter strip (ten x 50c) $5.00 To be advised<br />
1439242 Gutter strip (ten x $1.00) $10.00 To be advised<br />
1439243 Gutter strip (ten x $1.10) $11.00 To be advised<br />
1439244 Gutter strip (ten x $1.20) $12.00 To be advised<br />
1439248 Gutter strip (ten x $1.80)<br />
21 April 2005 World Heritage: Joint Issue with the UK<br />
$18.00 To be advised<br />
1444067 Stamps (four x 50c, two x $1.00, two x $1.80) $7.60 31 October 2005<br />
1444127 Stamp pack (<strong>Australia</strong>n stamps) $8.05 31 October 2005<br />
1444220 Maximum cards (set of eight)<br />
21 April 2005 Creatures of the Slime<br />
$13.60 31 October 2005<br />
1445067 Stamps (fi ve x 50c, one x $1.00) $3.50 31 October 2005<br />
1445142 Miniature sheet $3.50 31 October 2005<br />
1445126 Stamp pack $7.45 31 October 2005<br />
1445220 Maximum cards (set of six) $8.00 31 October 2005<br />
1445240 Set gutter strips (ten x 50c,ten x $1.00)[MO] $15.00 31 October 2005<br />
1445241 Gutter strip (ten x 50c) $5.00 31 October 2005<br />
1445242 Gutter strip (ten x $1.00) $10.00 31 October 2005<br />
1445250 Creatures of the Slime activity book $5.95 To be advised<br />
Planned withdrawal dates* may be changed without notice to meet emergent postal requirements. Advice of such changes<br />
will be published in the fi rst available <strong>Australia</strong>n Stamp Bulletin after the changes.<br />
A complete list of issues on sale is not included here. Details of current issues may be obtained from the <strong>Australia</strong>n Philatelic Bureau<br />
(Freecall 1800 331 794). [MO] Available by mail order only [MO/CC] Available by mail order and from Collector’s Corner outlets. An<br />
asterisk (*) indicates issue related postcard design(s) available from participating <strong>Post</strong> retail outlets.<br />
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Recent Issues (continued)<br />
Mail Order Product Description Price *Planned<br />
Code 21 April 2005 Centenary of Rotary International<br />
Withdrawal Date<br />
1442067 Stamps (one x 50c) $0.50 31 October 2005<br />
1442201 Sheetlet (ten x 50c) with design in selvedge $5.00 31 October 2005<br />
1442122 Self-adhesive sheetlet (ten x 50c) $5.00 31 October 2005<br />
1442130 Stamp pack $5.45 31 October 2005<br />
1442220 Maximum card $1.25 31 October 2005<br />
1442223 Collector pack $4.40 31 October 2005<br />
1442182 Booklet (ten x 50c) $5.00 31 October 2005<br />
1442209 Roll (100 x 50c) $50.00 31 October 2005<br />
1442200 Self adhesive stamp from roll of 100<br />
21 April 2005 150th Anniversary of the First <strong>Australia</strong>n Coin<br />
$0.50 31 October 2005<br />
1443067 Stamps (one x 50c, one x $2.45) $2.95 31 October 2005<br />
1443142 Miniature sheet $2.95 31 October 2005<br />
1443126 Stamp pack $6.35 31 October 2005<br />
1443220 Maximum cards (set of two) $4.45 31 October 2005<br />
1443240 Set gutter strips (ten x 50c, ten x $2.45)[MO] $29.50 31 October 2005<br />
1443241 Gutter strip (ten x 50c) $5.00 31 October 2005<br />
1443242 Gutter strip (ten x $2.45)<br />
10 May 2005 Queen’s Birthday<br />
$24.50 31 October 2005<br />
1446067 Stamps (one x 50c) $0.50 30 November 2005<br />
1446201 Sheetlet (ten x 50c) $5.00 30 November 2005<br />
1446130 Sheetlet pack $5.45 30 November 2005<br />
1446220 Maximum card $1.25 30 November 2005<br />
1446184 Prestige booklet<br />
Pacifi c Explorer 2005 Event Products<br />
$10.95 30 November 2005<br />
0964460 International day postcard $1.20 31 October 2005<br />
0964461 Family day postcard $1.20 31 October 2005<br />
0964462 Pacifi c day postcard $1.20 31 October 2005<br />
0964463 Heritage day postcard $1.20 31 October 2005<br />
0964464 <strong>Australia</strong> and War – The Story In Stamps prestige booklet $16.95 To be advised<br />
1454260 SNAPSHOT! Pacifi c Explorer souvenir stamp booklet $19.95 To be advised<br />
2005 AFL Footy booklets are priced at $10.95 each and the NRL Sheetlet Packs are<br />
just $9.95 each. Also available in sets for your convenience.<br />
Priced at $175.20 (AFL set) and $149.25 (NRL set).<br />
1456250 Set AFL booklets<br />
1456501 Adelaide 1456509 Melbourne<br />
1456502 Brisbane Lions 1456510 Nth Melbourne<br />
1456503 Carlton 1456511 Port Adelaide<br />
1456504 Collingwood 1456512 Richmond<br />
1456505 Essendon 1456513 St Kilda<br />
1456506 Fremantle 1456514 Sydney Swans<br />
1456507 Geelong 1456515 West Coast Eagles<br />
1456508 Hawthorn 1456516 Western Bulldogs<br />
1113740 Set of NRL sheetlet packs<br />
1456303 Brisbane Broncos<br />
1456308 Canberra Raiders<br />
1456302 Canterbury Bulldogs<br />
1456311 Cronulla Sharks<br />
1456313 Manly/Warringah<br />
1456306 Melbourne Storm<br />
1456310 Newcastle Knights<br />
1456312 Parramatta Eels<br />
1456304 Penrith Panthers<br />
1456305 St George/Illawara<br />
1456314 Sth Sydney Rabbitohs<br />
1456301 Sydney Roosters<br />
1456307 Townsville Cowboys<br />
1456309 West Tigers<br />
1456315 New Zealand Warriors<br />
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Also Available<br />
• SES Sheets • Coins • Album Sheets • Accessories • Books • Catalogues<br />
Books and Accessories<br />
0241350 2005 Book of Engraved Stamps $165.00<br />
–Transport & Communications<br />
0241351 Collecting <strong>Australia</strong>n Stamps $9.95<br />
– a beginner’s guide<br />
1113715 New Stamp Collecting Starter Kit $24.95<br />
1412250 2004 Stamp Printing Technical Details [MO] $12.95<br />
Album Sheets<br />
0903270 First day cover album binder $10.00<br />
0960251 Collector’s Choice binder<br />
(3-ring, holds album stock sheets) $17.95<br />
0903269 Collector’s Choice binder + slip case [MO/CC] $19.00<br />
0903294 Album stock sheets – to hold P Stamp sheets<br />
(set of ten) fi ts 0903269 $13.50<br />
0903271 Album stock sheets<br />
– two strip (set of ten) FDC $10.25<br />
0903272 Album stock sheets – fi ve strip (set of ten) $10.25<br />
0903273 Album stock sheets – six strip (set of ten) $10.25<br />
0903274 Album stock sheets – seven strip (set of ten) $10.25<br />
0903275 Album stock sheets – mixed strip (set of ten) $10.25<br />
0903276 Album stock sheets – single (set of ten) $10.25<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n Stamp Catalogue Range<br />
1113714 2004 Compact <strong>Australia</strong>n Stamp Catalogue $13.50<br />
1113705 Comprehensive Colour Catalogue of<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n Stamps 3rd Edition<br />
(Wire-O Bound Edition) $39.95<br />
1113739 <strong>Australia</strong>n Coin & Banknote Values - 21st Ed $25.00<br />
1113738 Stamps of <strong>Australia</strong> 9th Ed $16.50<br />
1113608 Australasian Stamp Catalogue Vol 1 (29th Ed) $35.00<br />
(<strong>Australia</strong>, AAT, Christmas & Cocos Islands)<br />
1113609 Australasian Stamp Catalogue Vol 2 (29th Ed) $35.00<br />
(Nauru, Norfolk, Pitcairn Islands, & PNG)<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n Commonwealth Specialist Catalogues<br />
0197256 Decimals Soft bound, Vols I, I I & III [MO] $210.00<br />
0197257 Decimals Loose-leaf, Vols I, II & III [MO] $210.00<br />
Volume I is completely revised, Volumes II and III are new. Buy all<br />
three for $210.00, and save 25% off the cost of the soft-bound<br />
volumes (if purchased separately).<br />
Collectables<br />
1437250 Zodiac booklet Capricorn $10.95<br />
1437251 Zodiac booklet Aquarius $10.95<br />
1437252 Zodiac booklet Pisces $10.95<br />
1437253 Zodiac booklet Aries $10.95<br />
1437254 Zodiac booklet Taurus $10.95<br />
1437255 Zodiac booklet Gemini $10.95<br />
1437256 Zodiac booklet Cancer $10.95<br />
1437257 Zodiac booklet Leo $10.95<br />
1437258 Zodiac booklet Virgo $10.95<br />
1437259 Zodiac booklet Libra $10.95<br />
1437260 Zodiac booklet Scorpio $10.95<br />
1437261 Zodiac booklet Sagittarius $10.95<br />
1113736 55 Years of Peanuts SES $15.95<br />
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Collectables (continued)<br />
1113741 <strong>Australia</strong>n GP Anniversary SES $15.95<br />
1113742 <strong>Australia</strong>n GP (Don Elgin) SES [MO] $15.95<br />
1113743 TRH Crown Prince and Princess SES $15.95<br />
1434257 Baby Keepsake $9.95<br />
Perth Mint coins<br />
2005 Coins and Coin sets<br />
1113716 2 oz Bullion Silver<br />
Kookaburra Coin 2005 ..........................‡ $49.50<br />
1113717 2 Coin Kookaburra Year Set 2005 ...........‡ $54.50<br />
1113718 3 Coin Kookaburra<br />
Collectors Set 2005 ..............................‡ $79.50<br />
Lunar New Year 2005, Year of the Rooster Coins<br />
1113721 1/20th oz Gold Bullion .........................‡ $59.95<br />
1113722 1/2 oz Silver Bullion .............................‡ $24.50<br />
2004 coins<br />
1113732 2004 1/2 oz Square Silver<br />
Kookaburra Coin ...................................‡ $43.00<br />
RAM coins<br />
Eureka Stockade bronze coins<br />
1113632 ‘C’ $1.00 Eureka Stockade<br />
bronze coin ................................................. $2.75<br />
1113640 ‘E Mintmark $1.00 Eureka Stockade<br />
bronze coin ................................................. $2.75<br />
Olympic Games coin<br />
1113636 $5.00 Al-bronze uncirculated coin .............$14.95<br />
2004 Coins and Coin sets<br />
1413260 2004 Six Coin Set (proof) ............................ $80.00<br />
1413261 2004 Six Coin Set (uncirculated) ................. $23.50<br />
1413270 2004 1 oz Silver Kangaroo coin ................ ‡$32.45<br />
2005 Coins and Coin sets<br />
1434254 2005 Baby coin set (proof) ................... $95.00<br />
1434255 2005 Baby coin set (uncirculated) ........ $30.50<br />
1434253 2005 Six coin set (proof) ...................... $80.00<br />
1434252 2005 Six coin set (uncirculated) ........... $23.50<br />
1434256 2005 1 oz Silver Kangaroo coin ........... ‡$32.45<br />
2004 Annual Collections<br />
1412171 2004 Collection of Aust. Stamps $79.95<br />
1412214 2004 Collection of Aust. Stamps Exec. $109.95<br />
1412194 2004 <strong>Australia</strong>n Territories Collection $25.95<br />
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