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 1911 Recorded Reprints 1d (Per ACSC Cat)
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South Australia 10997 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 1956 Koala 4d No WMK Green SG 230a
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Australia 1956 Koala 4d No WMK Green SG 230a
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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 CTO (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 1928 Kookaburra 3d SG 106a
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Australia 1914 Kookaburra 6d SG 19
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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 – 1930 KGV ½d – 1/-4d Small Multi. Perf. 14 WMK SG 85 – 93
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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 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
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Australia 1931 – 1947 Kangaroos 6d – £2 C of A WMK SG 132 – 138 & 0133
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Australia 1915 – 1920 Kangaroos £2 Small Multi. WMK SG 114s
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Australia 1929 Kangaroos 1/- Small Multi. WMK Green SG 109
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Australia 1915 Kangaroos 1/- Small Multi. WMK Green SG 0116
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Australia 1915 Kangaroos 1/- Small Multi. WMK Green
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Australia 1915 – 1927 Kangaroos 2d – 5/- 3rd WMK SG 35 – 42
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Australia 1917 Kangaroos 10/- 3rd WMK SG 43
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Australia 1915 – 1928 Kangaroos 9d 3rd WMK Violet
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Australia 1915 – 1928 Kangaroos 9d 3rd WMK SG 047
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Australia 1915 – 1928 Kangaroos 6d 3rd WMK Ultra Marine SG 046
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Australia 1915 Kangaroos 2d – 5/- 2nd WMK SG 24 – 30
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Australia 1915 Kangaroos 1/- 2nd WMK Green SG 128
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Australia 1913 Kangaroos 10/- – £2 1st WMK SG 14 – 16s
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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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