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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Australia 1952 – 53 Airletter 10d ACSC A6w
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Australia 1942 KGVI 2½d WMK Inverted Red SG SB28
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Australia 1946 BCOF (Aust. Forces In Japan) ½d – 5/- SG J1 – 7a
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Australia 1946 BCOF ½d – 2/-
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Australia 1946 BCOF ½d – 5/-
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Australia 1954 First Day Cover 3½d
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Australia 1948 First Day Cover 5½d SG
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Australia 1937 First Day Cover 3d – 1/- SG 168, 172 & 174
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Australia 1944 KGVI FDC 2d Purple
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New South Wales 1897 Hospital Charity 1/- & 2/6d SG 280 – 1
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Australia 1966 QEII 4¢ SG 385a
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Australia 1973 Flinders $1 SG 401c
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Australia 1965 Christmas 5d SG 381b
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Northern Territory 1961 & 64 Cattle 5/- SG 327 – a
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Northern Territory 1964 Cattle 5/- SG 327a
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Australia 1948 Coat of Arms 5/- – £2 SG 224a – d
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Australia 1948 Princess Elizabeth 1d No WMK SG 222b
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Australia 1946 – 47 BCOF ½d – 5/- SG J1 -7
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Australia 1940 – 42 2nd Defn. 1d – 3d SG 180 – 87
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Australia 1949 Robes 5/- – £1 SG 176 – 78a
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New South Wales 1938 150th Anniversary 2d – 9d SG 193 – 95
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Australia 1937 – 38 Defn. 1d – 1/4d SG 165 – 165ca & 175
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Victoria 1934 Centenary 2d – 1/- SG 147 – 9 & 147a – 9a
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Australia 1934 Macarthur 2d – 9d SG 150 – 3
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Australia 1934 Hermes Air 1/6d No WMK SG 153
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Australia 1934 – 48 Hermes Air 1/-6d With & Without WMK SG 153/b
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Australia 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 2d – 5/- SG 141-4 & 0134/5
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Australia 1932 Kookaburra 6d SG 146
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Australia 1932 – 33 KGV ½d – 5d SG0126-7& 0128-32
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Australia 1927 KGV 1/4d Small Multi. Perf. 14 WMK Torquoise SG 93
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Australia 1920 KGV 5d Single WMK Yellow-Brown SG 23bs
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Australia 1917 KGV 4d Pale Orange-Yellow SG 22c
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Australia 1914 KGV 1d Single WMK Red SG 21D
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Australia 1917 Kangaroos 10/- 3rd WMK Sharp Colours SG 051
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Australia 1918-1920 King George V ½d to 1½d Large Multiple WMK SG 48 – 52
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Australia 1922 KGV 4d Single WMK Pair SG 65 & 65b
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Australia 1926-1930 KGV ½d to 1/-4d Small Multi. Perf. 14 WMK SG 85 – 93
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Australia 1928 KGV 4d Small Multi. Perf. 14 WMK Olive SG 91
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Australia 1926-1930 KGV ½d – 1/-4d Small Multi. Perf. 13.5 WMK SG 94 – 104
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Australia 1930 KGV 5d Small Multi. Perf. 13.5 WMK SG 0118
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Australia 1928 KGV 4½d Single WMK SG 0108
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Australia 1929 KGV 4d Small Multi. Perf. 13.5 WMK SG 0108
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Australia 1929 KGV 3d Small Multi. Perf. 13.5 WMK Blue SG 0106b
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Australia 1928 KGV 2d Small Multi. Perf. 13.5 WMK Red SG 0104
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Australia 1924 KGV 2d Small Multi. Perf. 13.5 WMK SG 0103
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Australia 1920 KGV 1/-4d Single WMK Turquoise SG 075
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Australia 1922 KGV 4d Single WMK Ultramarine SG 074
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Australia 1915 KGV 4d Single WMK Orange SG 041
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Australia 1921 KGV 4d Single WMK Violet SG 073
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Australia 1920 KGV 2d Single WMK Orange SG 071
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Australia 1922 KGV 1½d Single WMK Brown SG 069
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Australia 1923 KGV 1½d Single WMK Green SG 070
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Australia 1922 KGV 1d Single WMK Violet SG 067
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Australia 1923 KGV 1d Single WMK Red SG 054
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Australia 1924 KGV 4d Single WMK SG 80 and 80a
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Australia 1918 KGV 1d Single WMK Red SG 53
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Australia 1932-1935 Kangaroos 6d to 10/- C of A WMK SG 132 – 136 & 0217
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Australia 1932-1935 Kangaroos 10/- to £2 C of A WMK SG 136s – 138s
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Australia 1934 Kangaroos £2 C of A WMK SG 138
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Australia 1935 Kangaroos £1 C of A WMK Grey SG 137
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Australia 1929 Kangaroos 6d Small Multiple WMK Brown SG 140
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Australia 1929-1930 Kangaroos 10/- to £2 Small Multiple WMK SG 112s & 114s
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Australia 1930 Kangaroos £2 Small Multiple WMK Black & Red SG 114
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Australia 1929 Kangaroos 10/- Small Multiple WMK Grey & Pink SG 112
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Australia 1929 Kangaroos 5/- Small Multiple WMK Grey & Yellow SG 0118
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Australia 1929 Kangaroos 5/- Small Multiple WMK Grey & Yellow SG 0118
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Australia 1929 Kangaroos 5/- Small Multiple WMK Grey & Yellow SG 111
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Australia 1917-1919 Kangaroos 10/- to £2 3rd WMK SG 43s – 45s & 75s
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Australia 1915-1918 Kangaroos 2d to 5/- 3rd WMK SG 35 – 42
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Australia 1924 Kangaroos 2/- 3rd WMK Maroon SG 077
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Australia 1917 Kangaroos 3d 3rd WMK Olive-green SG 045b
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Australia 1916 Kangaroos 9d 3rd WMK Violet SG 39
$200.00 Add to cart
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