Australia
Australian stamps can be divided into two general periods: those printed when Australia was a collection of six British colonies, and those printed after 1912, when control of the postal system was centralized several years after the colonies gained their independence from Great Britain to form the Commonwealth of Australia. New South Wales, the first Australian colony to issue prepaid embossed letter sheets, a full year-and-a-half before similar products were introduced in England. Adhesive stamps came a decade after the debut of the Penny Black in London, but like those British stamps, the ones in New South Wales featured a portrait of Queen Victoria. Australian stamps labelled “Van Diemen’s Land” were issued between 1853 and 1857, by which time the island south of Australia’s southwestern-most tip was known as Tasmania, named for the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. Postal rates across Australia were unified in 1913, which brought an end to the former colonies’ practice of issuing their own unique stamps. Probably the most iconic stamps of the early Commonwealth years are the kangaroo-and-map stamps, which appeared in 1912. While the stamp seems innocuous to 21st-century eyes, at the time it was used as a political football by Conservatives, who ridiculed the ruling Labor party’s Postmaster-General, Charles Frazer, for his childish design. There was also outrage in some quarters over the white Australia-shaped background, which Frazer openly described as indicative of “the Commonwealth’s policy in regard to its population.” Over the next few decades, the kangaroo would come and go depending on which party was in power.
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Australian States (161)
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Kangaroos (273)
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King George V (133)
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Pre Decimals (173)
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Decimals (38)
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Australia 1963-65 Navigators 7/-6d-£2 SG 357s/60s
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Australia 1973 Flinders $1 SG 401c
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Australia 1946-47 B.C.O.F ½d-5/- SG J1-7a
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Australia 1931 Kingsford Smith 6d SG123a in Block with SG123
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Australia 1931-36 KGV ½d-1/-4d SG 124/31
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Australia 1926-30 KGV ½d-1/-4 SM. Perf. 13.5 WMK SG 94/104
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Australia 1927 KGV 1½d Small Multi. WMK ACSC 92(4)K
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Australia 1932 Kangaroos 10/–£2 C of A WMK SG 136/38s
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Australia 1929 30 Kangaroos 6d-10/- Small Multi. WMK
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Western Australia 1886 Telegraph Stamps 1d & 6d SG T1/2
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Western Australia 1874 Yellow Swan 1d SG 67
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Western Australia 1854 Black Swan 1d SG 1
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Western Australia 1854 Black Swan 1d SG 1
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Western Australia 1854 Black Swan 1d SG 1
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Victoria 1900 Anglo-Boer War Patriotic Fund 2d SG 375
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Victoria 1897 Diamond Jubilee 1d SG 353
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Victoria 1897 Diamond Jubilee 1d SG 353
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Victoria 1897 Diamond Jubilee 1d & 2d SG 353/54
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Victoria 1884 Stamp Duty 5/- SG 260a
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Victoria 1879-1900 Postal Fiscal £7 SG 250
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Victoria 1879-1900 Stamp Duty £5 SG 248
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Victoria 1858 QVic On Throne 6d SG 73
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Victoria 1858 QVic On Throne 6d SG 73
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Victoria 1858 QVic On Throne 6d SG 73
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Victoria 1858 QVic On Throne 6d SG 37
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Victoria 1857 QVic 1d-4d SG 41-44
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Victoria 1850-56 QVic 1d
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Tasmania 1904 QVic 1½d on 5d SG 244
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Tasmania 1857-60 Van Diemen’s Land 2d SG 32-33
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Tasmania 1857-60 Van Diemen’s Land 2d SG 31-34
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Tasmania 1857 Van Diemen’s Land 4d SG 35-37
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South Australia 1891-93 QVic SG 229/30s
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South Australia 1886 QVic 5/- SG 195a
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South Australia 1866 QVic 9d SG 35
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South Australia 1856 QVic 2d SG 8
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South Australia 1886-58 QVic 2d SG 7-9
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South Australia 1856-58 QVic 2d SG 7 & 9 With CDS’s
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Queensland 1879-80 QVic 1d WMK6 SG 135
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Queensland 1876-78 Chalon 1/- SG 109
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Queensland 1876-78 Chalon 2d SG 99
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Queensland 1874 Chalon 1/-
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Queensland 1871-72 QVic Postal Fiscal 1d SG F16
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New South Wales 1888 Carrington 20/- SG 262
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New South Wales 1854 QVic 1d Imp. WMK1 SG 83
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New South Wales 1854 QVic 6d SG 94
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New South Wales 1851 QVic 3d SG 67
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New South Wales 1851 QVic 1d SG 45
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Australia 1911 Recorded Reprints 1d (Per ACSC Cat)
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South Australia 1897 Queen Victoria 1/- Brown SG 130a
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Tasmania 1875 Queen Victoria 3d Pale Red-Brown SG 146a
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Australia 1946 B.C.O.F Japan ½d – 5/- SG J1 – J7a
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Australia 1949 Australian Coat of ARMS 10/- – £2 SG 224bs – 224ds
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Australia 1949 Early Commemoratives 1½d – 3d SG 0112 – 0122
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Australia 1937 – 1940 KGVI 3d Blue SG 168a – 168ca & 186
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Australia 1937 – 1940 KGVI 3d Blue SG 168a – 168ca & 186
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Australia 1932 Bridge (Sydney Harbour) 2d – 5/- SG 141 – 144
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Australia 1932 Bridge (Sydney Harbour) 5/- SG 143
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Australia 1932 Bridge (Sydney Harbour) 2d – 5/- SG 141 – 144
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Australia 1932 Lyre Bird 1/- Green SG 140
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Australia 1931 Airmail 6d ACSC 1443d
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Australia 1928 Kookaburra 3d SG 106a
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Australia 1928 Kookaburra 3d SG 106a
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Australia 1914 Kookaburra 6d SG 19
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Australia 1932 – 1933 KGV ½d – 5d SG 0125 – 0132
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Australia 1932 – 1933 KGV ½d – 5d SG 125 – 132
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Australia 1932 KGV ½d – 1/-4d C of A WMK SG 124 – 131
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Australia 1931 – 1936 KGV ½d – 1/-4d C of A WMK SG 124 – 131
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Australia 1932 KGV 1/-4d C of A WMK Turquoise SG 131
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Australia 1926-30 KGV ½d – 1/-4d SM. Perf. 14 WMK SG 85-93
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Australia 1926-30 KGV ½d – 1/-4d SM. Perf. 13.5 WMK SG 94-104
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Australia 1914 – 1920 KGV ½d – 1/-4d 1st WMK SG 20 – 66a
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Australia 1916 KGV 4d Single WMK Lemon Yellow SG 22b
$150.00 Add to cart
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