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Top Dogs – Australia

Top Dogs - Australia

Australia is a nation of dog lovers and thus issued a set of stamps featuring popular small dog breeds. Around 12 million Australians, comprising 63 per cent of households own a pet and 38 per cent of these households have at least one dog. The Miniature Schnauzer originated as a farm dog in Germany in [...]

Special Occasions 2013 – Australia

Special Occasions 2013 - Australia

Australia post issued a set of six stamps to mark the special occasions of 2013. This new stamp issue is designed to update the range of stamp design called for by social mail users. The Love stamp, with its single exquisite rose petal, could be used for a number of special occasions such as St [...]

Year of the snake – Australia

Year of the snake - Australia

Australia post issued a set of stamps and a miniature sheet to mark 2013 as the year of the snake. The Snake is the sixth sign in the Chinese zodiac and it symbolizes wisdom, caution and romance. The stamps feature the calligraphic symbol for the Snake and its pictorial derivation.

London 2012 Olympic Games – Australia

London 2012 Olympic Games - Australia

Australia post issued second set of stamps for the London 2012 Olympic Games to be held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London. This issue, which carries the symbol of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), commemorates the performances of Australia’s athletes at the Olympic Games. Represented on the stamps is the sport of [...]

Olympic Games – The Road to London 2012

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Australian athletes have competed in all Olympic Games of the modern era. Our first Olympian was Edwin Flack, who won two gold medals and one bronze at the first modern Olympiad in Athens in 1896. Australia is one of the world’s top sporting nations: in the last three Olympic Games Australia’s aggregate medal tally has [...]

Skies of Cocos – Australia

Skies of Cocos

The remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands are located 2,770 kilometres north-west of Perth in the Indian Ocean and comprise two tropical coral atolls. The southern atoll consists of 26 islands and the uninhabited northern atoll, North Keeling Island, lies 24 kilometres away. Of approximately 570 people living on the southern atoll, 86 per cent are Cocos [...]

Underwater World – Australia

underwater world - Australia

Nudibranchs are marine molluscs renowned for their flamboyant colour patterns. They have evolved to the point where they no longer need the passive defence of a shell, instead opting for special chemical secreting glands or recycled stinging cells to keep their soft bodies intact. Nudibranchs have bright, colourful bodies that not only advertise their toxicity [...]

Rising Sun badge – Australia

Rising Sun Badge

Australia post issued a set of 5 stamps featuring Rising Sun badge worn by Australian Army personnel. The stamp traces the design evolution of the Rising Sun badge, also known as the General Service badge, worn by Australian Army personnel. There is some uncertainty as to the origin of the first design, but the most [...]

Farming Australia

The dairy industry is one of our major rural industries, ranking behind only beef and wheat. While all states and territories have dairy industries, most production occurs in the more temperate south-east areas of the country, and includes milk, yoghurts and a wide variety of cheese types. The most common dairy cow breeds are the [...]

Australian Waterbirds

Australian Waterbirds

Australia post issued a set of stamps featuring four water birds of Australia viz. Radjah Shelduck, Pink-eared Duck, Australian Shelduck and Plumed Whistling-Duck The Radjah Shelduck is a distinctive bird, with its white head, neck, underbelly and eye, and its rich chestnut neck band and back. It is sensitive to human incursions into its habitat, [...]


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