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Year of Dragon 2012 – Christmas Island

Year of Dragon 2012 - Christmas Island

The 2012 Lunar New Year – Year of the Dragon stamp issue features the revered Dragon from Chinese legend. The Year of the Dragon is considered the luckiest and those born in that year are likely to be brave, tempestuous, powerful, wise and perfectionists. The stamps show the development of the Chinese character for the [...]

Christmas 2011 – Australia

Australia post issued Christmas stamps which features two stamps with a religious theme and three that focus on the more secular elements of Christmas. The beautiful religious stamps show two episodes from the Biblical story. In the 55c stamp the Virgin Mary, dressed in her traditional deep blue robe, gazes tenderly at the newborn baby [...]

Joint Issue Australia-Korea

Following a visit to Australia by President Lee Myung-bak in March 2009, this year has been declared a Year of Friendship between Australia and South Korea to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations. The 2011 Year of Friendship builds on the professional, community and institutional links between Australia and Korea to enhance mutual understanding, [...]

World Wide Fund for Nature 50 years – Australia

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2011. Officially registered as a charity on 11 September 1961, it was conceived to raise funds for the conservation of nature. With a mission to stop degradation of the natural environment and to preserve biodiversity, it has grown into one of the largest [...]

Living Australian

What does it mean to be “Living Australian?” The Australian day Council of NSW with the support of Australia Post encouraged Australians from across the country to explore the theme of “Who We Are” as a nation, by showcasing how they live as Aussies every day through the creative medium of photography. The response was [...]

Australian Bush Babies

Australia post issued a set of stamps featuring some most popular native baby animals, a bilby, dingo, kangaroo, koala and sugar glider. The Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) is a nocturnal marsupial with distinctive rabbit-like ears, greyish fur and a beautiful bushy black tail with a white tip. It survives on a diet of seeds, grubs, bulbs, [...]


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