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This year Australia Post celebrates its 2015 Stamp Collecting Month (SCM) with the launch of the 'Our Solar System' stamp collection. The 'Our Solar System' stamps feature the eight spectacular planets that orbit the Sun. These celestial wonders of the Solar System were formed about 4.6 billion years ago. Honoured by Australia: 5 October 2015
A block of four £2 "Roo" stamps showing the printer's imprint in the selvedge 1d King George V, used at Sydney in 1916. The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 had operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps – see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania ...
On 26 December 2013, due to the heavy decline in mail usage due to competition from email, etc., Australia Post requested an increase in the base rate to 70c. [6] On 4 January 2016, due to the heavy decline in mail usage due to competition from email, etc., Australia Post requested an increase in the base rate to $1.00. [7]
According to Stanley Gibbons catalogue, [1] the Australian Post Office issued 31 stamps between 1963 and 1979, compared to 264 by the local authority between 1979 and 1993. During the ten first years of postal responsibility, Australia Post issued 112 stamps.
The systems gradually merged during the 1900s. In 1903 a 9d stamp in two colors (brown and blue) was inscribed "COMMONWEALTH" and mentioned the initials of each member along with its year of founding. In 1905 the stamps began to be printed on paper watermarked with a crown and the letter "A", with reprintings of existing designs occurring into ...
Postage stamps and postal history of Norfolk Island; Postage stamps and postal history of Queensland; Postage stamps and postal history of South Australia; Postage stamps and postal history of Tasmania; Postage stamps and postal history of the Australian Antarctic Territory; Postage stamps and postal history of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands