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Australia

  Australia flag

Stamps issued 1913 to date.

1946. Victory.  Inscribed "Peace 1945."

Australia SG 213-5

SG 213 2½ pence Star and wreath
SG 214 3½ pence Flag and dove
SG 215 5½ pence Angel

1955. 50th. anniversary of Rotary International.

Australia SG 281

SG 281 3½ pence Rotary symbol, globe and flags

1966. 350th. anniversary of Dirk Hartog's landing in Australia.

SG 408 4 cents "Eendracht"

1968. Olympic Games, Mexico City.

SG 428 5 cents Athlete carrying torch and sunstone symbol
SG 429 25 cents Sunstone symbol and Mexican flag

1970. Royal visit.

Australia SG 456-7

SG 456 5 cents Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh
SG 457 30 cents Australian flag

1978. Australia Day.

Australia SG 657

SG 657 18 cents National flag

1979. Australia Day.

Australia SG 703

SG 703 30 cents Raising the flag, Sydney Cove, 26 January 1788

1979. Christmas.

Australia SG 721-3

SG 721 15 cents "Christ's nativity" (Eastern European icon)
SG 722 25 cents Letters and parcels
SG 723 55 cents "Madonna and child" (Buglioni)

1981. Australia Day.

Australia SG 765

SG 765 22 cents Flag in shape of Australia

1981. Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.

Australia SG 773

SG 773 22 cents Queen's personal standard for Australia

1983. Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.

SG 886 27 cents RY "Britannia" passing Sydney Opera House

1985. Bicentenary (1998) of Australian settlement (2nd. issue).  Navigators.

Australia SG MS 976

SG 972 33 cents Abel Tasman and journal entry
SG 973 33 cents Dirk Hartog's "Eendracht" (detail)
SG 974 33 cents "William Dampier" (detail)
SG 975 90 cents Globe and hand with extract from Dampier's journal

1986. Australian victory in America's Cup, 1983.

Australia SG 1037

SG 1036 36 cents "Australia II" crossing finishing line
SG 1037 36 cents Boxing kangaroo flag of winning syndicate
SG 1038 36 cents America's Cup trophy

1987. Australia Day.

Australia SG 1044

SG 1044 36 cents Australian flag on printed circuit board
SG 1045 36 cents "Australian made" campaign logos

1987. Bicentenary (1988) of Australian settlement (6th. issue).  Departure of the first fleet.

Australia SG 1061Australia SG 1062

SG 1059 36 cents Convicts on quay
SG 1060 36 cents Royal Marines officer and wife
SG 1061 36 cents Sailors loading supplies
SG 1062 36 cents Officers being ferried to ships
SG 1063 36 cents Fleet in English Channel

1988. Bicentenary of Australian settlement (10th. issue).  Arrival of first fleet.

Australia SG 1105-9

SG 1105 37 cents Aborigines watching arrival of fleet, Botany Bay
SG 1106 37 cents Aborigine family and anchored ships
SG 1107 37 cents Fleet arriving at Sydney Cove
SG 1108 37 cents Ship's boat
SG 1109 37 cents Raising the flag, Sydney Cove, 26 January 1788

1988. Bicentenary of Australian settlement (11th. issue).

1110 37 cents Koala with stockman's hat and eagle dressed as Uncle Sam

1988. "Living together".  Designs showing cartoons.

Australia SG 1115

SG 1115 5 cents "Parliament" (Bronwyn Halls)

25 other stamps in set.

1988. Opening of new parliament house, Canberra.

Australia SG 1144

SG 1144 37 cents New parliament house

1988. Bicentenary of Australian settlement (13th. issue).

Australia SG 1145-8 See Great Britain for similar issue

 

SG 1145 37 cents Early settler and sailing clipper
SG 1146 37 cents Queen Elizabeth II with British and Australian parliament buildings
SG 1147 1 dollar WG Grace (cricketer) and tennis racquet
SG 1148 1 dollar Shakespeare, John Lennon (entertainer) and Sydney Opera House

1991. Australia Day.  90th. anniversary of Australian flag.

Australia SG 1275-8

SG 1275 43 cents National flag
SG 1276 90 cents Royal Australian Navy ensign
SG 1277 1 dollar Royal Australian Air Force standard
SG 1278 1.20 dollars Australian merchant marine ensign

1994. Opening of Friendship Bridge between Thailand and Laos.

Australia SG 1448

SG 1448 95 cents Bridge and national flags

1995. Completion of "Endeavour" replica.

SG 1510 45 cents "Endeavour" replica at sea
SG 1511 45 cents Captain Cook's "Endeavour" (detail)

1995. 50th. anniversary of United Nations.

Australia SG 1529

SG 1529 45 cents Children and globe of flags

1995. 50th. anniversary of peace in the Pacific.

SG 1542-1544 designs as SG 213-215 redrawn with new face values.

1998. Ship paintings.

SG 1727 45 cents "Flying Cloud" (clipper)
SG 1728 85 cents "Marco Polo" (full rigged ship)
SG 1729 1 dollar "Chusan I" (steamship)
SG 1730 1.20 dollars "Heather Belle" (clipper)

2000. Nature and nation.  Greeting stamps.

SG 1974 45 cents Red kangaroo and flag

4 other stamps in set.

2000. Transfer of Olympic flag from Sydney to Athens.

Australia SG 2026

SG 2025 45 cents Olympic flag, flame and Parthenon
SG 2026 1.50 dollars Olympic flag, flame and Sydney Opera House

2001. Centenary of federation.

Australia SG 2062

SG 2062 49 cents Parade passing federation arch, Sydney
SG 2063 49 cents Edmund Barton (first federal prime minister)
SG 2064 2 dollars "Australia forever" (song sheet) and celebration picnic
SG 2065 2 dollars State banquet, Sydney

2003. Greetings stamps.

Australia SG 2260

SG 2260 50 cents Red kangaroo and flag

9 other stamps in set.

2004. 150th. anniversary of Eureka stockade.

Australia SG MS 2398

SG 2396 50 cents Eureka flag (Southern Cross)
SG 2397 2.45 dollars Pete Lalor (gold diggers leader) and detail from "Swearing allegiance to the Southern Cross 1854"

[Last updated 30th. Jan. 2007]