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AUSTRALIAN
No.251 Aug–Sep 1999

50th Anniversary Snowy Mountains Scheme

Christmas Island Christmas
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Emblem
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50th Anniversary
Letter to Readers
Dear Collector,
Snowy Mountains Scheme12 August 1999
In this Bulletin... If you were to conduct a survey of Australian stamps 45c 45c
50th Anniversary issued in recent years it would show that stamps are
Snowy Mountains Scheme 3 becoming more contemporary, in terms of both the design
Birds 6 and technology used to produce them and in the subject AUS T R A L I A AUS T R A L I A
50th Anniversary Snowy Mountains Scheme 1999 50th Anniversary Snowy Mountains Scheme 1999
Aboriginal Art 8 matter featured. Stamps included in this edition of the
Christmas Island Christmas 9 Bulletin, such as Design Australia and the Sydney 2000
Sydney 2000
Olympic Games emblem 10
Olympic Games emblem, illustrate this point well.
The Personalised Stamps trialled so successfully at
45c 45c
Design Australia 14 Australia 99 earlier this year are another example of how
New Issue Calendar 20 stamps have become contemporary icons. I am pleased to AUS T R A L I A AUS T R A L I A
Reproduction of Designs say that we will soon make Personalised Stamps available 50th Anniversary Snowy Mountains Scheme 1999 50th Anniversary Snowy Mountains Scheme 1999

Australia Post stamp designs and
philatelic products are subject to
copyright and may not be
reproduced without permission.
All applications for the
reproduction of Australian stamps
should be made in writing to:
The Manager – Philatelic Group
Australia Post
GPO Box 1777Q
MELBOURNE VIC 3001
Fax: 03 9204 7744
The Australian Stamp Bulletin is
produced by the Australia Post
Philatelic Group and printed by
Canberra Press Moorabbin.
All information contained in this
Bulletin has been included in good
faith, on the basis that the products
will be available for sale, at the
prices stated, and in the manner
described. To the best of Australia
Post’s knowledge, all information
contained in this Bulletin was
correct at the time of printing.
Australia Post will not, however,
be held responsible for any
inadvertent errors or oversights,
or any change to information
which may occur after publication.
Cover: Snowy Mountains -
Rob Blakers, ANT Photo Library
Find out more about stamps by
visiting Australia Post’s web site:
www.auspost.com.au/stamps
throughout Australia and that you will receive separate,
special advice on this initiative.
While there is a conscious effort to make stamps
contemporary, we must never forget our colourful history.
This Bulletin announces a stamp issue commemorating
the 50th anniversary of the Snowy Mountains Scheme –
arguably Australia’s greatest engineering feat and a
wonderful example of the post-war migration program
which laid the basis for our rich and diverse nation today.
There are many lessons we can learn from the experience
of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, and Australia Post is
proud to play its part in remembering the achievements,
both technical and human, of the Scheme. I am sure there
are many Australians who, during the 1960s, completed
school projects on the Snowy Scheme and poured over maps
with such fascinating names as Guthega, Khancoban and
Jindabyne. A generation of Australians grew up working on
the Snowy or learning about it. I hope our stamps will help
a new generation discover and learn from a wonderful piece
of our history.
Until next time,
David Maiden,
Manager, Philatelic Group
his year marks the 50th anniversary
T of the Snowy Mountains Scheme –
a Scheme that became a source of national
pride in the post-war years and remains
one of the greatest engineering projects
undertaken in Australian history.
The Snowy Mountains Scheme is widely
regarded to be the most complex,
multi-purpose, multi-reservoir hydro
scheme in the world. It diverts water
through huge trans-mountain tunnels
(via power stations for the generation
of electricity) before releasing it into the
Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for
irrigation or river management purposes.
There are seven power stations, a pumping
station and 16 major dams, 145 kilometres
of interconnected trans-mountain tunnels
and 80 kilometres of aqueducts that collect
and divert water.
Spreading over an area of 8,200 square
kilometres, mostly within Kosciuszko
National Park in Australia’s Southern Alps,
the Scheme provides approximately five
per cent of south-eastern Australia’s total
energy requirements and around five
per cent of the flow to the Murray River.
It has the capacity to generate more
electricity and contribute much larger
amounts of water at times of peak demand
or stress.
Water collected and stored by the Snowy
Mountains Scheme is used to generate
renewable electricity without pollution
before being released for irrigation.
When the Snowy Mountains
Hydro-electric Authority was established in
1949, there was a serious national shortage
of skilled personnel, equipment and
construction materials – largely a legacy
of World War II. An intensive recruitment
campaign was waged, concentrating in
Europe. The Scheme also absorbed many
of the migrants who were arriving in
Australia in response to the Commonwealth
Government’s Immigration Scheme in the
post-war years.
Overall, between 1949 and 1974 some
100,000 people worked on the construction
of the Scheme, two thirds of them migrant
workers, with the workforce reaching a
peak of 7,300 in 1959.

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The Snowy Mountains Scheme is widely The Designs Issue date ........................12 August 1999
recognised as the birthplace of successful The stamps show: Denominations ................Four x 45c
multiculturalism in Australia. Workers • a group of German carpenters (1951), Designer ..........................Fragile Design, Melbourne
from more than 30 countries worked on and the Island Bend dam Printer..............................SNP Ausprint
the Scheme. They came from Australia, • an English class for migrant workers Paper ..............................Tullis Russell
Austria, Finland, Jordan, Russia, USA, at Cooma (1951) Printing process................Offset lithography
Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, • the Tumut 2 Tailwater Tunnel (1960) Stamp size ...................... 37.5 mm x 26 mm
Germany, Norway, Sweden, Cyprus, and the Eucumbene Dam (1959) Perforations......................13.86 x 14.6
Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, • a driller at the Burn’s Creek heading at the Sheet layout ....................Two panes of 25 stamps
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Ukraine, to name a few. Power Station Hall (1959). Rock bolting is Mountains
Scheme
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During the 25-year construction period, a process developed on the Scheme to 055209 Self-adhesive roll of 100
seven regional townships and 100 camps stabilise tunnels. (SNP Ausprint) ................................$45.00
were established throughout the Snowy The Snowy Mountains appear across 055001 Set of two first day covers (gummed;
Mountains region. Some of the townships the top of each design. The gutter strip also self-adhesive) [MO] ............................$4.10
existed for several years, while others were features a Snowy Mountains landscape. 055002 First day cover (gummed) ..................$2.05
moved from one site to another as work in 055003 First day cover (self-adhesive) ............$2.05
45c 45c 45c 45c 45c 055240 Gutter strip (ten x 45c) ......................$4.50
each area was completed. Snowy Mountains landscape in gutter
The townships of Adaminaby and AUS T R A L I A
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Australia
MAWSON’S

A set of five DL sized pre-stamped

Birds brilliant incandescent blue.
45c
12 August 1999
HUTS
PHONEAWAY CARD
COLLECTOR PACK

envelopes featuring animated
illustrations of the vivid beauty and
personality of Australian native birds will
be released on 12 August.
Illustrated by Crissie Davies of Earth
Graphic Design, the five pre-stamped
envelopes each feature an Australian
native bird.
The Fairy Penguin (Eudyptula minor) is
Australia
The Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo The Mawson’s Huts Pack is third in the
novaeguineae) is the largest of the kingfisher series of Post’s special issue Telstra
family but, unlike most of its relatives, is PhoneAway® Card Collector Packs.
sedentary and occupies the same territory It will be released on 12 August 1999 and
year round. Kookaburras eat snakes, lizards, consists of a $10 PhoneAway® card and
rodents, the odd small bird, crustaceans and four stamps that illustrate the history
frogs as well as various insects and other
invertebrates.
45c and drama of life surrounding Mawson’s
Huts from origin to restoration.
The baltic pine huts were built at Cape

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and weigh about one kilogram. They are
also unique in that they only come ashore at
night under the cover of darkness.
Usually found in small groups the Major
Mitchell’s Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri),
also known as the Pink Cockatoo, spends
most of its day feeding on the ground or
expedition to the Australasian Antarctic but
fell into disrepair after eighty-five years of
exposure to harsh conditions.
Pre-stamped envelope
45c 036250 Mawson’s Huts PhoneAway® Card
Collector Pack..........................$14.00
Technical details

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among the branches of trees or shrubs. In Issue date........................12 August 1999
MAWSON'S

Restoration
the late afternoon or early morning they go Denominations ................Five x 45c HUTS
to water holes to drink. Illustrator..........................Crissie Davies, Earth
A highly nomadic bird, the Budgerigar Graphic Design, Melbourne
$10
(Melopsittacus undulatus) performs most Designer ..........................Lisa Christensen, Australia ¨

activities as part of a flock. Budgerigars Post Graphic Design Studio

roost in trees selected along water courses Printer..............................Mercury-Walch
and change their roost site each night. Their Printing process................Offset lithography
45c
diet consists of the seeds of grasses, shrubs, National postmark ............Birdwood SA 5234

1999

"The Home of the Blizzard"

1999
Sir Douglas Mawson

Huts Restoration
Huskie Team
Photograph: Frank Hurley Photograph: Xavier Mertz

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and herbs.

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'Aurora'

1999
The Splendid Fairy-wren (Malurus
splendens) feeds on a wide variety of insects Mail order codes
which it catches as it forages, hopping 056134 Set of five pre-stamped envelopes ® PhoneAway is a registered trade mark
around in loose groups along the ground (mint) ................................................$2.75 of Telstra Corporation Limited
and through and over small shrubs. In full 056144 Set of five pre-stamped envelopes Any unused value of the card past the
breeding the male Splendid Fairy-wren is a (postmarked) ....................................$2.75 expiry date is non-refundable
45c
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ustralia Post commissioned designs 9 September 1999

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from Tiwi Design, an Aboriginal
Christmas Island Christmas Island Christmas Island
corporation based at Ngui, Bathurst Island,

ABORIGINAL

australia

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australia
producing and dealing in work by Tiwi
artists in various media. The designs are
featured on seven prepaid envelopes to be
Postage Paid

issued on 9 September.
AUSTRALIA

The Tiwi (meaning ‘we people’) live on 40c 1999 45c 1999 95c 1999

Bathurst and Melville Islands, about 100

Postage Paid

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kilometres north of Darwin. The first
European settlement in north Australia,
Fort Dundas, was established on Melville
Christmas Island Christmas
Island in 1824, but had been abandoned by Technical details Sydney-based illustrator Nigel Buchanan
1830. With the settlement of Palmerston Issue date ........................9 September 1999 designed these stamps using the idea of
(Darwin) in 1869, visitors to the islands Denominations ................40c, 45c, 95c Christmas Island as Santa’s home.
became more frequent. In 1911 a Catholic Illustrator..........................Nigel Buchanan
Mission was established on the south-east Designer ..........................Jo Mure, Australia Post The 40c stamp depicts Santa Claus
9 September 1999 coast of Bathurst Island. Graphic Design Studio snoozing in his hammock at the beach.
Postage Paid
For thousands of years the Tiwi have Printer..............................McPhersons His little helpers, Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea
AUSTRALIA lived on these islands with little contact Paper ..............................Tullis Russell natalis), are tending to his needs – shining
with mainland tribes. Their art does not Printing process................Offset lithography his boots and fanning him with a palm leaf.
represent a personal vision, rather the Stamp size ......................37.5 mm x 26 mm
Postage Paid
designs and motifs represent a collective Perforations......................13.86 x 14.6
The second stamp shows Santa sharing his
vision of experience. Traditionally Sheet layout ....................Two panes of 25 stamps
A U S T R A L I A
festive fare with the Christmas Island
produced for religious purposes, National postmark ............Christmas Island
Australia 6798
fauna. The 45c stamp features two male
Tiwi art communicated information Abbott’s Boobies, a pair of Christmas
about these beliefs. Mail order codes Frigatebirds (Fregata adrewsi), a Red Crab
Postage Paid 061067 Stamps (40c, 45c, 95c)......................$1.80 and an endemic skink (Cryptoblepharus
AUSTRALIA Technical details 061001 First day cover .................................. $2.05 egeriae) at Santa’s dinner table.
Issue date........................9 September 1999 061240 Set of three gutter strips [MO] ..........$18.00
Denominations ................Four x 55c, $1.10, $2.20, No special text or design in gutters
On the 95c stamp Santa is captured taking
$2.75 061241 Gutter strip (ten x 40c) ......................$4.00
Artists ..............................Maria Josette Orsto off in his fully-laden sleigh, pulled by a pair
061242 Gutter strip (ten x 45c) ......................$4.50
Postage Paid (DL window, C5, C4)
061243 Gutter strip (ten x 95c) ......................$9.50 of Abbott’s Boobies (Sula abbotti).
AUSTRALIA Jock Puautjimi
(C6 plain, C6 window, DL plain, B4)
Christmas Island Christmas Island Christmas Island
Christmas Island Christmas stamps are
Designer ..........................Beth McKinlay, Australia issued in September so they can be used for

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Post Graphic Design Studio
Christmas 1999 40c 1999 45c 1999 95c 1999

items being sent overseas via surface mail.

Printer..............................Mercury-Walch

Christmas Island
Postage Paid
Printing process................Offset lithography
AUSTRALIA A national first day of issue postmark has not been
produced for this issue. The postmark impression
used will be the Australian Philatelic Bureau postmark.
Mail order codes
057226 Set of seven prepaid envelopes
(mint) ..............................................$8.25 First Day Cover
057227 Set of seven prepaid envelopes
(postmarked) [MO] ............................$8.25

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Stamp Issue Program
The Games of the new Millennium will Australia has the rare distinction of having tember 1999 The release of the Olympic Torch stamp

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only other nation that has demonstrated its to commemorate the Sydney 2000
Also known as the ‘Millennium Athlete’, Olympic Games:
commitment to the modern Olympic
the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games emblem
movement in this manner. • Olympic Torch – March 1999
features the figure of an athlete formed by
instantly recognisable shapes and colours. A single stamp featuring the design of
The figure symbolises the speed and agility Technical details the 1956 Olympic Torch stamp issued
of an athlete moving toward the new Issue date ........................14 September 1999 to celebrate the 1956 Melbourne
Sheetlet of ten
Millennium. The colours of the athlete Denomination ..................45c Olympic Games
$4.50

reflect the blue of the harbour, the yellow Designer ..........................FHA Image Design, • Sydney 2000 Olympic Games emblem –

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of the sun and the red of the earth. The Melbourne September 1999
three boomerangs comprising the body Printer..............................McPhersons This is a single stamp featuring the
of the athlete acknowledge the importance Paper ..............................Tullis Russell AUSTRALIA 45c AUSTRALIA 45c AUSTRALIA 45c AUSTRALIA 45c AUSTRALIA 45c official emblem of the Sydney 2000
of Australia’s indigenous culture. Printing process................Offset lithography Olympic Games

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Stamp size ......................26 mm x 37.5 mm
The running athlete is also representative • Panorama of Sydney – June 2000
Perforations......................14.6 x 13.86 A souvenir panorama miniature sheet of
of the Olympic journey that commenced,
Sheet layout ....................Sheetlet of ten AUSTRALIA 45c AUSTRALIA 45c AUSTRALIA 45c AUSTRALIA 45c AUSTRALIA 45c
Sydney Harbour comprising four stamps
for Sydney, when the host city of the 2000
National postmark ............Sydney NSW 2000 $4.50

Olympic Games was announced in Monte • Olympic Games Sports – August 2000
Sheetlet Pack
Carlo on 23 September 1993. This journey Featuring various Olympic sports on a
Mail order codes
will culminate on 15 September 2000, sheetlet of ten stamps
058067 Stamp (45c) ......................................$0.45
when the world’s best athletes gather at
058201 Sheetlet of ten ..................................$4.50 • Joint issue with Greece: flag handover –
Sydney Olympic Park for the Opening
058001 First day cover ..................................$0.70 $4.50

September 2000
Ceremony for the Games of the XXVII

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058130 Sheetlet pack ....................................$4.90 Depicting the handover of the Olympic
Olympiad.
058220 Maximum card ..................................$1.00 AUSTRALIA 45c AUSTRALIA 45c AUSTRALIA 45c AUSTRALIA 45c AUSTRALIA 45c flag to the host nation of the 2004
The stamp, designed by FHA Image Olympic Games

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Design, features the Sydney 2000 Olympic
For more information on the Sydney 2000 45c 45c 45c 45c 45c • Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games –
Games emblem with two of Sydney’s most
AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA

Olympic Games visit www.sydney.olympic.org $4.50

September 2000
loved and well-known landmarks – the TM©SOCOG1996 A stamp issue commemorating the Sydney
Sydney Opera House and the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games to be held from 18
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hank you to everybody who entered
the 1998 Popular Stamp Poll.
Particular thanks to those of you
who took the time to provide additional
comments – we greatly appreciate these as
they allow us to plan for the future.
Once again, the Popular Stamp Poll drew
a spectacular range of views, yet there were
a number of striking leaders in the popular-
ity stakes. The Ulysses Butterfly stamp was
the firm favourite. In second place was the
Orchid stamp. Interestingly, the Leunig
issue rated highly amongst internet voters,
but was pronounced the least favourite
Australian issue via the traditional
‘postal vote’.
1998 POPULAR
STAMP POLL
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The results
A. Most popular Australian stamp:
Ulysses butterfly
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Notes
B. Second most popular stamp: Orchid
C. Most popular Australian issue: Australian Airmail Society China 1999 World Philatelic Exhibition
Planet Ocean The 1919 flights between Adelaide and 21 – 30 August
D. Least favourite Australian issue: Minlaton by Captain Harry Butler in his Australia Post will attend the World
Leunig (voted equal favourite with Ulysses Bristol monoplane – the ‘Red Devil’ – will Philatelic Exhibition in Beijing, China in
butterfly on the internet) be commemorated with re-enactment August. To mark Australia Post’s
E. Favourite Territories stamp: flights in each direction on 7 August 1999. participation at this event, a souvenir sheet
40c Christmas Island Christmas The flights, organised by the Australian featuring the set of Butterflies of Australia
F. Favourite Territories issue: Airmail Society, will be in a light aircraft. will be produced.
Christmas Island Marine Life Pictorial Postmarks will be used and a
G. Least favourite Territories issue: cachet applied to all mail carried on the CHINA 1999 World Philatelic Exhibition 19 9 9
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Festive Season aircraft.
H. Overall favourite stamp: The Australian Airmail Society is arrang- 45c AUSTRALIA
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ULYSSES BUTTERFLY
of the original 1919 postcard and will be
Australia Post Exhibition Sheet No.6
numbered, signed by the pilot and passen-
gers on the aircraft, and impressed with the 073229 China 1999 Souvenir Sheet
pictorial postmarks and cachet. The two (mint) [MO/CC] ..................................$2.25
cards may be ordered from the Australian 073230 China 1999 Souvenir Sheet
Airmail Society, GPO Box 954, Adelaide (postmarked) [MO/CC] ........................$2.25
SA 5001. The price for the pair is $10.00
and payment can be made by cheque or Queensland Stamp Show ’99
money order. The Queensland Philatelic Council will
hold Queensland Stamp Show ’99, its
the re-enactment flights must be forwarded annual state level philatelic exhibition,
AUSTRALIA under cover in time to reach the Postal on 28 and 29 August at QPC House, 18
AUSTRALIA
1998
45c Manager, GPO Adelaide SA 5000 by 5 Coolcrest Street, Wynnum (Brisbane)
AUSTRALIA
F I E RY S Q U I D
August. Envelopes should be endorsed as to Queensland. The Stamp Show opening
which flights they are intended for use on. hours will be from 9am until 5pm on
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN
45c For example, Adelaide to Minlaton or Saturday 28 August and 9am until 3pm
1998
SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE
Minlaton to Adelaide. on Sunday 29 August. Admission is free.
AUSTRALIA
M A N T A R AY
AUSTRALIA
The Philatelic Council will produce
1998
a special overprint to commemorate the
Stamp Show. The overprint will be included
45c 45c
1998
WHITE POINTER SHARK
on the Coastal Flowers peel and stick
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sheetlet ($6.00) and the Children’s TV
sheetlet ($10.00). Items will be available
mint, CTO and on special Queensland
Stamp Show ’99 souvenir covers (including
specially overprinted Registered Post labels)
from the Stamp Show and the Queensland
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45c AUSTRALIA
ULYSSES BUTTERFLY
Philatelic Council (refer address next page).
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Specialist
SPECIALIST NOTES
Notes
The Wynnum Plaza LPO will be present at
the Stamp Show and will have available the
Queensland Stamp Show ’99 ‘Teddy Bear’
and ‘Ipomoea’ (Coastal Flower)
commemorative postmarkers. The
postmarks will only be available at the
Stamp Show or by mail order from the
Postal Manager, Wynnum Plaza Qld 4178.
For more information about the Stamp
Show or the special commemorative items,
please contact the coordinator at (07) 3262
8810 or write to Queensland Stamp Show
’99, QPC, 18 Coolcrest Street, Wynnum
Qld 4178. Payment for commemorative
products listed here can be made by cheque
or money order only.
In retrospect
Colour variation in Rugby rolls
There may be some slight colour variation
between sections of the self-adhesive rolls
of 100 for the 100 Years of Test Rugby
Stamp issue. This variation has come about
because of the special colour chosen for the
denomination and text which was
darkened to improve readability once some
stamps had already been printed.
Junee Postmark
A number of queries regarding the issue
date for the Junee pictorial postmark
featuring an historic train have been
received. This postmark was first advertised
in the March-April Bulletin with an issue
date of 8 April, then subsequently in the
May-July Bulletin with an issue date of
6 May. The latter date is correct -
the issue date was postponed due to
production difficulties.
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Navigator miniature sheets –
imperfect perforations
One of the features of Australia 99 was the
opportunity for collectors to obtain a set of
imperforate Early Navigators in Australian
Waters miniature sheets and perforate
them themselves using the machinery at
Australia 99. Sheets thus perforated
received a special ‘A99’ perfin, located
immediately to the left of the block of
stamps. This perfin was included
specifically to identify those miniature
sheets perforated at Australia 99 instead
of during the normal perforation process.
Unfortunately, the machine at Australia 99
was briefly left unsupervised and some
people took the opportunity to obtain
deliberately unusual perforations (eg.
upside down, back to front, etc). Some of
these miniature sheets are now on sale in
the secondary market.
Australia Post wishes to apologise for the
fact that the perforating machine was left
unsupervised for a short period of time
with the result that these items have been
produced. Australia Post wishes to stress to
collectors that Navigators miniature sheets
which contain the ‘A99’ perfin, and which
have non-standard perforations, are not
production varieties but are contrived
items produced by individuals and hold no
status with Australia Post.
Specialist
SPECIALIST NOTES
Notes
Northern Beaches Stamp Expo ‘99
Manly-Warringah Philatelic Society and
Manly-Warringah Leagues Club Stamp
Club will host the Northern Beaches Stamp
Expo ‘99 from 4 to 5 September. The Expo
will be held in the Federation Parade Hall
(1st floor), Brookvale, New South Wales,
directly opposite the Manly-Warringah
Leagues Club. Opening hours are from
10am to 5pm on 4 September, and 10am
to 4pm on 5 September. For further
information contact John Pearson on
(02) 9974 5707.
Southpex Stamp Show
Southpex Stamp Show will take place on
Sunday 12 September at Gosnells Civic
Centre, Albany Highway, Gosnells WA.
Opening hours are from 10am to 5pm and
the show will feature dealers, exhibitions
and an auction.
Adelaide Stampex ’99
5 – 7 November
Australia Post will be present at the
National Philatelic Exhibition to be held
in Adelaide from 5-7 November 1999
inclusive. The exhibition will be held in
the Ridley Pavilion at the Wayville
Showgrounds and up to 30 stamp dealers
will be in attendance.
Ordering of postmarks
All items which are accompanied by a
mail order code are available from the
Australian Philatelic Bureau. Where an
item does not have a mail order code,
it can only be ordered directly from the
post office indicated.
A commemorative Replica Card will be
available from the Stampex ’99 committee.
The Replica Card features the 1955 3 1/2d
stamp. This is available from Adelaide
Stampex ’99 for $5.00 plus $1.50 for
postage and packing for up to 20 cards. A
new SA postcard will also be released by
Australia Post for the exhibition which will
be overprinted by the Adelaide Stampex ’99
Committee. This will be available for $2.00
plus $1.50 postage and packing.
Mail orders for these two items can be sent
to Adelaide Stampex ’99, PO Box 83, Ingle
Farm SA 5093. Payment by cheque or
money order will be accepted.
For just $50.00 you can be a member of the
Supporters’ Club. The membership is
limited to 100 and benefits include a special
lounge at the exhibition, free entry to the
exhibition, free catalogue, $5.00 discount
from your Palmares ticket plus an
overprinted Prestige Leunig Booklet which
will only be available to Supporters’ Club
members.
Stay tuned for more details in the October-
December Stamp Bulletin.
For philatelic queries,
contact your nearest philatelic office.
Sydney (02) 9299 1215
Melbourne (03) 9204 7736
Brisbane (07) 3405 1438
Adelaide (08) 8216 2367
Perth (08) 9237 5902
Hobart (03) 6234 1284
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Postmarks
POSTMARKS
Postmarks
POSTMARKS
Ordering postmark impressions by mail Permanent Pictorial Postmarks The Sovereign Hill Ballarat Vic 3350
Please forward fully stamped and addressed covers, under pre-paid outer envelopes, Impressions of permanent pictorial permanent pictorial postmark, featuring a
to post office addresses listed on these pages. postmarkers are available from the post stagecoach, has been modified slightly. This
• Endorse cover in the top left corner with the name of the postmark required. offices in the following listing. Stamps to a change takes effect from 2 August 1999.
• Orders must be lodged before the last day of use of the postmarker. minimum value of 45c should be affixed to Impressions from the Postal Manager,
National FDI Postmarks and Commemorative Postmarks private covers. Sovereign Hill Ballarat Vic 3350.
• These may be ordered from the Australian Philatelic Bureau.
Associated Postmarks and Permanent Pictorial Postmarks
• These should be ordered directly from the post office concerned.
Commemorative Postmarks
• A minimum base-rate 45c stamp is required to obtain a postmark impression.
Australian residents should send their orders A commemorative pictorial postmark
• Serviced covers are 70c each, unless otherwise specified.
to the addresses noted in these listings. marking 60 years of the Country Women’s
Overseas collectors may obtain Association (CWA) in South Australia will
commemorative postmark impressions by be available from 14 September. The
forwarding orders to the Australian Philatelic postmark features the South Australian
National FDI Postmarks Bureau. Commemorative postmarks will be CWA badge and will be used on special
First day covers, serviced with national first 16 September held by the Bureau for three months. All commemorative envelopes developed by
day of issue postmarks, are available from Design Australia orders should be accompanied by payment of the Country Women’s Association.
all First Day of Issue Post Offices and by • Sydney NSW 2000 70c per cover, unless specified otherwise. The envelope features a hand-painted
mail order from the Australian Philatelic reproduction of the historic home of the
Bureau for four weeks. Associated Postmarks A commemorative postmark was produced state headquarters, known as ‘the Club’,
The following associated postmarks may for the 150th Anniversary of Horsham on and is affixed with a 45c Farming stamp
Private covers can only be serviced:
appeal to thematic collectors. Orders 30 June. Impressions are still available from and cancelled with the commemorative
• at the designated post office on the
should be sent to the relevant post office. the Postal Manager Horsham Vic 3400. postmark. Please forward orders directly to
day of issue or
• by the Bureau if covers are received prior 12 August the South Australian Country Women’s
to the first day of issue. Bird’s pre-stamped envelopes 034255 Horsham 150th Anniversary Association, 40 Dequetteville Terrace, Kent
• Adelaide GPO SA 5000 Piping Shrike Postmark ..........................................$0.70 Town SA 5067 by 1 September 1999. The
12 August cost of the complete envelope is $3.50
50th Anniversary Snowy Mountains Scheme 12 August (including $1.00 postage and handling).
• Cooma NSW 2630 50th Anniversary Snowy Mountains Payment by cheque or money order only.
Scheme The postmark is also available from the
12 August • Leigh Creek SA 5731 Construction Adelaide GPO SA 5000.
Birds pre-stamped envelopes
• Birdwood SA 5234 14 September To celebrate 100 years of the Kalgoorlie
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games emblem Public Building on 29 September 1999 a
9 September • Kensington Park SA 5068 Sportsground commemorative postmarker will be in use.
Christmas Island Christmas Impressions will be available from the
• Christmas Island Australia 6798 Postal Manager Kalgoorlie WA 6430.
14 September 058255 Centenary Kalgoorlie
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games emblem Public Building Postmark ....................$0.70
• Sydney NSW 2000

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Agency Countries
AGENCY COUNTRIES
Agency Countries
AGENCY COUNTRIES
Australia Post sells stamps and other philatelic products issued by Fiji, Nauru, Norfolk Issue date (Aust) ......................12 August 1999 History of the Resolution
Island, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands and Western Samoa. Australia Post deals only Souvenir sheet value ................ $4.50 ($A5.60) A booklet of five stamps detailing the
in agency countries’ mint stock. Orders for first day covers and postmarked material Souvenir sheet size ..............101 mm x 120 mm history of the trading vessel Resolution was
should be directed to the bureau concerned. Printer......................................Security Printers released on 19 March.
Stamps from these countries are available by mail order only. All new issues available Designer ......................................Glenn Douran
from Australia Post carry a 25% service charge. Agency countries’ issues in this Withdrawal date ..................31 December 1999 Issue date (Aust) ......................12 August 1999
Bulletin include the 25% service charge. Conversion rates as at 7 June 1999 apply. Value ........................................$2.50 ($A3.10)
To inquire about a standing order for agency countries’ stamps, please contact the 200th Anniversary First Contact Stamp size ..............................40 mm x 30 mm
Australian Philatelic Bureau on Freecall 1800 331 794. Alternatively, you may order direct The following details have been supplied for this Printer/Designer ............Photopress International
from the bureau of the country concerned. Addresses are shown below. issue as listed in the May-July Bulletin. Artist......................................Roger Pennycuick
Stamp size ........................ 50 mm x 51.66 mm Withdrawal date ..................31 December 1999
FIJI NAURU Souvenir sheet size ..............131 mm x 174 mm
Mail order address: Mail order address: Printer ........................Southern Colour Print, NZ
The Philatelic Bureau The Philatelic Bureau Designer ..................................Mary Butterfield
PO Box 100 NAURU Withdrawal date..................30 September 1999 Pacific Black Duck –
SUVA, FIJI CENTRAL PACIFIC IBRA ‘99
Stamps and first day covers are on sale from Nauru uses Australian currency. There NORFOLK ISLAND A Pacific Black Duck
the Fiji Philatelic Bureau for twelve months is no charge for servicing or postage on Mail order address: souvenir sheet was
provided stocks last. Fiji does not charge mail orders. All consignments are sent by Bureau Manager released on 27 April
return postage or handling fees. registered mail. The Philatelic Bureau for IBRA ‘99.
NORFOLK ISLAND 2899
Australia 99 Maritime Heritage SOUTH PACIFIC Issue date (Aust) ......................12 August 1999
A souvenir sheet depicting maritime www.stamps.gov.nf Souvenir sheet value ..................$2.50 ($A3.10)
vessels from Nauru’s past and present was A photographic
Souvenir sheet size ................80 mm x 100 mm
released on 19 March. The souvenir sheet design for the Year Printer ........................Southern Colour Print, NZ
also features the gold Australia 99 logo. of the Rabbit Designer........................................Tracey Yager
Withdrawal date ..................31 December 1999

Providence Petrel
IBRA ‘99 Indigenous Ducks of Fiji A souvenir sheet and three stamps
A souvenir sheet featuring two of Fiji’s featuring the Providence Petrel were
indigenous ducks was prepared for IBRA released on 27 May.
‘99 held in Nurnberg earlier this year. The Year of the Rabbit
stamps were released on 27 April. A souvenir sheet celebrating the Year of
the Rabbit was released on 9 February.
Issue date (Aust) ......................12 August 1999
Souvenir sheet value ................ $4.00 ($A3.90) Issue date (Aust) ......................12 August 1999
Stamp size ....................27.94 mm x 44.45 mm Souvenir sheet value......................95c ($A1.20)
Souvenir sheet size ................100 mm x 85 mm Souvenir sheet size ................80 mm x 100 mm
Printer............................Cartor Security Printers Printer ..............................House of Questa (UK)
Designer....................................George Bennett Photographer................................Kim Partridge
Withdrawal date ..................31 December 1999 Withdrawal date ..................31 December 1999

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Agency Countries
AGENCY COUNTRIES
Issue date (Aust) ......................12 August 1999
Values ....................75c, $1.05, $1.20 ($A3.75)
Souvenir sheet value ..................$4.50 ($A5.60)
Stamp size ..............................38 mm x 26 mm
Souvenir sheet size ................130 mm x 90 mm
Printer ........................Southern Colour Print, NZ
Designer ....................................Pat Altman, NZ
Withdrawal date ..................31 December 1999
Tall Ships
Four stamps and a souvenir sheet
featuring tall ships and the Australia 99
logo were released on 17 March.
Issue date (Aust) ......................12 August 1999)
Values ....................25t, 50t, 65t, K1 ($A$1.90)
Souvenir sheet value ......................K3 ($A2.40)
The winning voters
Congratulations to the following people
who were the first twenty to have their
names drawn in the Stamp Poll
A. Hemmings (NSW), E. Barry (WA),
A. Hackett (NSW), R. Hwang (QLD),
R. Owen (VIC), J. Tai (VIC), G. Aust (VIC),
B.E. Sanderson (NSW), C. Gilmore (NSW),
competition. They each receive a 1998 A. Stanley (QLD), A. Nebuiss (VIC), K.M.
Annual Collection. Anderson (SA), F. Ericsen-Miller (QLD), H.W.
Menadue (VIC), T. Kent (NSW), B. Fraser
1998 POPULAR (NSW), K. Leigh (VIC), L. Lay (NSW), B.
STAMP POLL
B
Bromhead (NSW), L. Stephens (VIC).

Souvenir sheet size ..............165 mm x 110 mm

45c
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Printer ........................Southern Colour Print, NZ F
Mail order address: Designer ..................RJ Bates, Banian Masiboda 10c 45c

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CHRISTMAS ISLAND

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA
SOOTY TERN
98
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AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
PO Box 1 5c CHRISTMAS IS. FRIGATEBIRD EASTERN REEF EGRET 25c BROWN BOOBY

BOROKO, Papua New Guinea 10c 45c

CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CHRISTMAS ISLAND

CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA
AMBON CHROMIS WHITELINED COD SCISSORTAIL SERGEANT

All mail orders are processed in Papua New Mail order codes

AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
Guinea and returned post free. Fiji 5c 25c GREEN TURTLE

IBRA ‘99 Indigenous Ducks of Fiji 10c 45c

CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CHRISTMAS ISLAND

CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CHRISTMAS ISLAND

AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
THICKLIP WRASSE

Commonwealth Games 079142 Souvenir sheet ........$3.90 E

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA
Four stamps commemorating the 1998 5c AMBON CHROMIS PYRAMID BUTTERFL
LYY FISH 25c PINK ANEMONE FISH

Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Nauru 5c 25c

CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CHRISTMAS ISLAND

AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
DUSKY PARROTFISH

Lumpur were released on 30 September. Australia 99 Maritime Heritage

080142 Souvenir sheet ........$5.60

AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
PINK ANEMONE FISH 10c BLACKAXIL CHROMIS 45c BLUE SEA STAR

10c 45c

CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CHRISTMAS ISLAND

CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CHRISTMAS ISLAND

AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
SPOTTED GARDEN EEL ORANGE ANTHIAS

Norfolk Island
Year of the Rabbit

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA
5c 25c CHROMODORIS KUNIEI

081142 Souvenir sheet ........$1.20

PINK ANEMONE FISH

1998

History of the Resolution

082182 Booklet....................$3.10
Pacific Black Duck – IBRA ‘99
G
083142 Souvenir sheet ........$3.10 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Providence Petrel 45 c 45 c 45 c 45 c 45 c

1998

außtralia
außtralia

außtralia

außtralia
außtralia

M att Harber age 15

084067 Stamps....................$3.75

1998
084142 Souvenir sheet ........$5.60

1998

K ate GoSSage a ge 11
L a z i n a B r i a n age 9

R akin C hongkin age 6

A zran Jim age 8
Papua New Guinea

1998
1998
Issue date (Aust) ......................12 August 1999 Commonwealth Games
Values ......................25t, 50t, 65t, K1 ($A1.90) 085067 Stamps....................$1.90
Stamp size ..............................30 mm x 40 mm Tall Ships
Printer ........................Southern Colour Print, NZ 086067 Stamps....................$1.90 D 45c
45c 1998
45c
45c 1998
45c
45c 1998
$1
$1
1998
$1.
$1 1998

Designer ....................Tony Sipa, Citi Studio PNG 086142 Souvenir sheet ........$2.40
Withdrawal date ..................31 December 1999

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B ehind the inanimate
objects of our everyday
life lies a very complex
design process, often
involving many people –
designers, clients, technical
experts, builders,
engineers, manufacturers,
printers and ultimately,
consumers. The late 20th
century is characterised by
mass production and a
consumer society, and in
this context design has
developed dramatically.
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design australia
16 September 1999
The Design Australia stamp issue will coincide with the
Sydney Design 99 international design congress and
exhibition to be held in Sydney from 27 to 29 September
1999. The stamps reflect the major design disciplines –
graphic design, industrial and product design, textile and
fashion design, interior design and architecture – to be
featured at the conference.
45c – australia post symbol
The Australia Post symbol was designed by Pieter
Huveneers, a specialist in corporate identity design.
Peter was commissioned to create corporate identities for
Australia Post and Telecom Australia (now Telstra) when
they were created in 1975 from the former Postmaster
General’s Department.
The Post symbol cleverly integrates a symbol of
communication history – the internationally recognised
post horn device – positioned in such a way as to create the
letter ‘P’ denoting ‘Post’. The circular shape represents the
world, the internal elements movement and direction and a
linking of people. Research showed that in the public mind
the colour red was synonymous with the post office, thus
its retention for the symbol.
$1.35 – possum skin textile
The textile, Possum Skin, was designed by
Euphemia Bostock. It was selected for the
stamp for its bold, graphic quality. Possum
Skin was developed by Euphemia from her
cultural memory and her instinctive
reaction to the carved and natural imagery
of her indigenous people. Possum Skin was
directly influenced by a viewing of a
possum skin cloak at the National Museum
of Victoria.
$1.50 – rmit storey hall
Designed by architects Ashton Raggatt
McDougall, Storey Hall forms part of the
RMIT University. Storey Hall was
commissioned in 1992 with the explicit
design aim of creating a building which
could express RMIT’s goal of being at the
forefront of technical and professional
education and real world research. It
includes exhibition space and an art gallery,
a 750-seat auditorium, foyers and seminar
rooms, student gallery, café and basement
lecture theatre.
The original hall was built by the
Hibernian Irish Catholic community in
1887. The green theme throughout the
complex acknowledges the building’s Irish
roots and the flag (green, white and purple)
of the radical feminist organisation –
the Women’s Political Association –
which occupied the hall from 1916.
First Day Cover
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A complex design process lies behind the
inanimate objects of our everyday life.
people. The design has been adapted for the
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative logo.
Issued to coincide with international design
convention, Sydney Design 99, the stamps
highlight examples of fine contemporary
Australian design.
The Australia Post symbol was designed in
Architects, Ashton Raggatt McDougall, were
commissioned for the RMIT Storey Hall
redevelopment in Melbourne in 1992. An
innovative design, it has won the Victorian
Architecture Medal, Marion Mahony Award
1975 by Pieter Huveneers. Pieter was trained
in Holland and established his own firm in
Australia in 1968, specialising in corporate
identity programmes for Australian and
international companies.
for Interior Architecture and the Dulux
Colour Award.
Marc Newson, considered one of the most
accomplished designers of his generation,
designed the Embryo Chair (1988). His funky
The textile, Possum Skin, was developed by
Euphemia Bostock from her cultural memory
and her instinctive reaction to the carved
and natural imagery of her NSW indigenous
style has won him commissions from leading
manufacturers around the world. Born in
Sydney, Marc has now established a studio in
London.
Stamp Pack
90c – embryo chair
The Embryo Chair was designed by Marc
Newson in 1988 and has been described as
‘based on a voluptuous three dimensional
figure-eight … pertly animated yet
streamlined and mechanically sleek.
Elegantly tumescent, its single seat/back
structure appears to float around the
aluminium tripod infrastructure, creating
a sense of lightweight but voluminous
presence’. It was put into production by the
Japanese company, Idee.
The names of the designers will be printed
in the selvedge of the stamps.
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design australia The fifth issue of aluminium bronze

Olympic Coins, which celebrates
Badminton, Fencing, Shooting and Table
Tennis, will be released in late September.
Sixteen coins from the set have been
Technical details released to date: Canoeing/Kayaking,
Issue date ........................16 September 1999 Handball, Softball, Wrestling, Archery,
Denominations ................45c, 90c, $1.35, $1.50 Athletics, Gymnastics, Hockey, Sailing,
Designer ..........................Lynda Warner, Hobart Weightlifting, Cycling, Football, Triathlon,
Printer..............................SNP Ausprint Tennis, Taekwondo and Basketball.
Paper ..............................Tullis Russell
After the September release, eight
Printing process................Offset lithography
more aluminium bronze coins will be
Stamp size ......................37.5 mm x 26 mm
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GOLD AND SILVER COINS

Mail order codes A high quality series of gold and silver
059067 Stamps (45c, 90c, $1.35, $1.50) ......$4.20 coins reflecting the unique elements of the
059001 First day cover ..................................$4.45 Sydney 2000 Olympic Games are also
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Australian Philatelic Bureau. The coins
059242 Gutter strip (ten x 90c) ......................$9.00 depict the sporting goals (gold coins) and
059243 Gutter strip (ten x $1.35) ..................$13.50 unique culture and flora and fauna (silver
059244 Gutter strip (ten x $1.50) ..................$15.00 coins) of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
059126 Stamp pack ......................................$4.60 The September release is the fifth in the
059220 Maximum cards (four) ........................$6.00 series of gold and silver Olympic Coins.
The silver coins in this issue are Reaching
Maximum Cards

Want to know more about Design? the World II and Koala and Flora, and the
Sydney Design 99 will feature industry special gold coin – Preparation II.
representatives from all the major design
disciplines. Australia Post’s talented graphic Previously released Olympic Coins
designers will be in attendance to illustrate the (aluminium bronze, silver and gold)
stamp design process and answer any queries are still available*. Enquire at your Post Mail order codes
about stamp design. Office or through the Australian 098270 $5 Badminton Coin ............................$8.95
Philatelic Bureau. 098276 $5 Fencing Coin ................................$8.95
Sydney Design 99 ISSU
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Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
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Darling Harbour, 27-29 September 20
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098250 Reaching the World II Silver Coin ......$54.00

and silver coins were not available at the
Bookings and information: 02 9241 1478 time of publishing. 098251 Koala and Flora Silver Coin ..............$54.00
*Journey Begins gold coin sold out. 098252 Preparation II Gold Coin ..................$380.00

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National Philatelic Centre The Post Master Gallery
Australian Commonwealth Stamps
We continue our displays of rare philatelic
material, focusing on artwork and on dies
used for printing stamps selected from each
decade from the 1910s to the 1990s. These
displays incorporate pages from the
National Philatelic Collection and the
Chapman Collection of Australian
Commonwealth stamps.
The new exhibit includes entries from the
stamp design competitions conducted in
1911 and 1928, designs associated with the
Zoological definitive stamps of the 1930s,
and Frank Manley’s winning Hereford Bull
design from the 1946 stamp design
competition. Included in modern stamp
artwork are unadopted designs for the 1977
Test Cricket Centenary stamps by Geoff La
Gerche and Brian Clinton’s adopted
Collingwood design for the 1996 AFL
Centenary stamps.
The philatelic pages feature rare single-
colour proofs of the high-value kangaroo
stamps, examples of the 1914 unissued 2d
and 1/- engraved stamps and die proofs of
the 1928 3d Kookaburra stamps, as well as
the rare imperforate miniature sheet.
Court of Honour
Registration envelopes in use a century ago
are featured in the Court of Honour. These
envelopes were manufactured using thicker
paper to protect valuable enclosures and
then impressed with stamps representing
the cost of registration and letter postage.
Examples of each Australian State’s
registration envelopes, as well as proofs of
early Commonwealth types, are shown in
the exhibit.
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COMPREHENSIVE SEVEN SEAS SUPPLEMENTS
The following will be included in Seven Seas’ 1999
1999 Exhibition Program COLOUR CATALOGUE OF Supplements and Optional Pages. Seven Seas’ pages
Letter to Picasso are only available from stamp dealers and from
The Stamp in Contemporary Art
AUSTRALIAN STAMPS Seven Seas.
Pablo Picasso not only painted the tickets 50th Anniversary Snowy Mountains Scheme
The 2nd edition of the Comprehensive Supplement
and labels that surrounded him in his
Colour Catalogue of Australian Stamps • Four x 45c single gummed stamps
cubist paintings, but he also started to paste
is now available through Australia Post • Four x 45c single peel & stick stamps
them on his pictures. Like tickets, labels
and provides an extensive catalogue of • Two gutter pairs gummed stamps
and notes, the stamp is with us every day –
Australian, Australian Colonies and Optional pages
associated with correspondence that carries • Gutter strip of ten with silhouette
Australian Antarctic Territory stamps. The
important messages. The stamp also stands • Four blocks of four gummed stamps
new catalogue contains listings and colour
for the possibility of travel, and several of • Peel & stick strip of four
illustrations of Australian Commonwealth
the works in Letter to Picasso are the results • Peel & stick collector pack
Pre-Decimal and Decimal stamps issued
of journeys or reflections on the passage China 99
from 1978 up to the end of March 1999.
of time. This fascinating exhibition features Optional page
stamp and mail art produced by many • Butterflies souvenir sheet
Issue date, quantity printed (where
important contemporary Australian artists. Sydney 2000 Olympic Games emblem
available), perforations, designer, printer,
Supplement
printing process, sheet format and other • Single 45c stamp
notes are included for each stamp issue Optional page
Joseph Cornell, Habitat Group for a Shooting Gallery, 1943,
featured. • Sheetlet of ten x 45c stamps
Design Australia
An exciting new feature of the catalogue is Supplement
the spring wire binding which makes it • Four single gummed stamps
possible for the catalogue to remain Christmas Island Christmas
completely flat when open. Supplement
• Three single gummed stamps
DesMoines Arts Centre, Iowa
870261 Comprehensive Colour Catalogue
Mail Order Codes
of Australian Stamps, 2nd edition ....$29.95
059235 Bulletin 251
Australian Supplement ......................$10.05
through Australia Post, refer to the Catalogues
For further details about catalogues available
059236 Bulletin 251
Australian Optional Pages..................$28.35
059238 Bulletin 251
Christmas Island Supplement ..............$1.80
section on page 22 of this Bulletin.
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New Issues
NEW ISSUES
New Issues

098270
098276
098280
September Olympic Coins
$5 Badminton Coin
$5 Fencing Coin
$5 Shooting Coin
$8.95
$8.95
$8.95
Mail Order Product Description Price Withdrawal Date 098285 $5 Table Tennis Coin $8.95
Code
12 August 50th Anniversary Snowy Mountains Scheme 098250 Reaching the World II Silver Coin $54.00
055067 Stamps (four x 45c) $1.80 31 Dec 1999 098251 Koala and Flora Silver Coin $54.00
055200 Self-adhesive strip of four x 45c [MO/CC] $1.80 31 Dec 1999 098252 Preparation II Gold Coin $380.00
055209 Self-adhesive roll of 100 (SNP Ausprint) $45.00 31 Dec 1999

Recent issues
055240 Gutter strip (ten x 45c) $4.50 31 Dec 1999
Snowy Mountains landscape in gutter
055001 Set of two first day covers (gummed; self-adhesive) [MO] $4.10 8 Sep 1999
055002 First day cover (gummed) $2.05 8 Sep 1999
055003
055126
First day cover (self-adhesive)
Stamp Pack
$2.05
$2.20
8 Sep 1999
31 Dec 1999
RECENT ISSUES
Mail Order Product Description Price Withdrawal Date
055223 Collector Pack $5.40 31 Dec 1999 Code
055220 Maximum cards (four) $4.00 31 Dec 1999 6 May Children’s TV *
032067 Stamps (five x 45c) $2.25 30 Sep 1999
12 August Birds Pre-stamped Envelopes 032201 Sheetlet of ten stamps $4.50 30 Sep 1999
056134 Set of five pre-stamped envelopes (mint) $2.75 032182 Self-adhesive booklet (ten x 45c) $4.50 30 Sep 1999
056144 Set of five pre-stamped envelopes (postmarked) $2.75 12 Sep 1999 032130 Sheetlet pack $4.90 30 Sep 1999
®
12 August Mawson’s Huts PhoneAway Card Collector Pack 032220 Maximum cards (five) $4.50 30 Sep 1999
036250 Mawson’s Huts PhoneAway® Card Collector Pack $14.00 13 May AAT Mawson’s Huts
036067 Stamps (two x 45c, 90c, $1.35) $3.15 30 May 2000
9 September Aboriginal Art Prepaid Envelopes
036240 Set of three gutter strips (ten x 45c, 90c, $1.35) [MO] $27.00 30 May 2000
057226 Set of seven prepaid envelopes (mint) $8.25
036241 Gutter strip (ten x 45c) $4.50 30 May 2000
057227 Set of seven prepaid envelopes (postmarked) [MO] $8.25 7 Oct 1999
036242 Gutter strip (ten x 90c) $9.00 30 May 2000
9 September Christmas Island Christmas 036243 Gutter strip (ten x $1.35) $13.50 30 May 2000
061067 Stamps (40c, 45c, 95c) $1.80 31 Jan 2000 No special text or design in gutters
061001 First day cover $2.05 7 Oct 1999 036126 Stamp pack $3.55 30 May 2000
061240 Set of three gutter strips [MO] $18.00 31 Jan 2000 036220 Maximum cards (four) $5.00 30 May 2000
No special text or design in gutter 13 May Perth Mint Centenary
061241 Gutter strip (ten x 40c) $4.00 31 Jan 2000 033067 Stamp ($2.00) $2.00 30 Mar 2000•
061242 Gutter strip (ten x 45c) $4.50 31 Jan 2000 033126 Stamp pack $2.40 30 Mar 2000•
061243 Gutter strip (ten x 95c) $9.50 31 Jan 2000 033220 Maximum card $2.50 30 Mar 2000•
14 September Sydney 2000 Olympic Games emblem 8 June 100 Years of Test Rugby*
058067 Stamp $0.45 31 Dec 2000 035067 Stamps (two x 45c, $1, $1.20) $3.10 30 Mar 2000•
035209 Self-adhesive roll of 100 $45.00 30 Mar 2000•
058201 Sheetlet of ten $4.50 31 Dec 2000 035240 Set of three gutter strips (ten x 45c, $1, $1.20) [MO] $26.50 30 Mar 2000•
058001 First day cover $0.70 12 Oct 1999 035241 Gutter strip (ten x 45c) $4.50
058130 Sheetlet Pack $4.90 31 Dec 2000 Wallabies Centenary of Test Rugby logo in gutters
058220 Maximum card $1.00 31 Dec 2000 035242 Gutter strip (ten x $1) $10.00 30 Mar 2000•
16 September Design Australia 035243 Gutter strip (ten x $1.20) $12.00 30 Mar 2000•
059067 Stamps (45c, 90c, $1.35, $1.50) $4.20 31 Dec 2000 035126 Stamp pack $3.50 30 Mar 2000•
059001 First day cover $4.45 14 Oct 1999 035223 Collector’s pack $4.50 30 Mar 2000•
Contains eight stamps and two positional messages
059240 Set of four gutter strips [MO] $42.00 31 Dec 2000 035220 Maximum cards (four) $5.00 30 Mar 2000•
No special text or design in gutter
17 June Cocos (Keeling) Islands Living Mosaic
059241 Gutter strip (ten x 45c) $4.50 31 Dec 2000
037250 Sheetlet of stamps (five x 5c, five x 10c,
059242 Gutter strip (ten x 90c) $9.00 31 Dec 2000
five x 25c, five x 45c) $4.25 30 June 2000
059243 Gutter strip (ten x $1.35) $13.50 31 Dec 2000
059244 Gutter strip (ten x $1.50) $15.00 31 Dec 2000 8 July Nature of Australia – Coastal*
039067 Stamps (70c, two x 90c, $1.05, $1.20) $4.75
059126 Stamp Pack $4.60 31 Jan 2000
039001 First day cover $5.00 7 Aug 1999
059220 Maximum cards (four) $6.00 31 Jan 2000
039126 Stamp pack $5.15
A complete list of issues on sale is not included here. Details of current issues 039220 Maximum cards (five) $7.00
may be obtained from the Australian Philatelic Bureau (Freecall 1800 331 794). • Denotes extended availability
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8 July Nature of Australia – Coastal Flowers Sydney 2000 Olympic Coin Collection (cont’d) ◆
030266 Booklet of twenty $9.00 019282 Reaching the World I Silver Coin $54.00
030133 PhoneAway® Card Collector Pack $82.00 019283 Emu and Flora Silver Coin $54.00
15 July National Parks Aerogrammes 019256 Dedication I Gold Coin $380.00
034155 Set of five aerogrammes (mint) $3.75 019257 Dedication II Gold Coin $380.00
034163 Set of five aerogrammes (postmarked) $3.75 12 Aug 1999 019281 Preparation I Gold Coin $380.00
15 July Christmas Island Favourite Festivals 980270 $5 Canoeing/Kayaking Coin $8.95
060067 Stamps (two x 45c, 85c, $1.20) $2.95 30 June 2000 980276 $5 Handball Coin $8.95
060001 First day cover $3.20 12 Aug 1999 980280 $5 Softball Coin $8.95
980285 $5 Wrestling Coin $8.95
899270 $5 Archery Coin $8.95

Also available
899276 $5 Athletics Coin $8.95
899280 $5 Gymnastics Coin $8.95
899285 $5 Hockey Coin $8.95
899290 $5 Sailing Coin $8.95
ALSO AVAILABLE
Mail Order Product Description Price Withdrawal Date
899295
926270
$5 Weightlifting Coin
$5 Cycling Coin
$8.95
$8.95
Code 926276 $5 Football Coin $8.95
Australian Stamp Catalogue Range ◆ 926280 $5 Triathlon Coin $8.95
017255 1999 Compact Australian Stamp Catalogue $9.95 019270 $5 Tennis Coin $8.95
825260 The Australian Air Mail Catalogue [MO] $59.50 019276 $5 Taekwondo Coin $8.95
870174 Brusden White Specialists’ Catalogue (bound) [MO] $189.00 019280 $5 Basketball Coin $8.95
870175 Brusden White Specialists’ Catalogue (loose-leaf) [MO] $189.00 899260 Commemorative Olympic Games Coin Album $19.95
870255 Rennicks Australian Coin and Banknote Values The Coin Album and thirteen coin set has been withdrawn from sale.
– 17th Ed [MO] $9.95 Album Sheets
870260 The Pocketbook Guide to Australian Coins 903270 First day cover album binder $10.00
and Banknotes – 4th Ed [MO] $12.95 903271 Album stock sheets – two strip (set of ten) FDC $9.50
896260 Wonderful World of Australian Stamps CDRom [MO] $49.95 903272 Album stock sheets – five strip (set of ten) $9.50
870261 Comprehensive Colour Catalogue of 903273 Album stock sheets – six strip (set of ten) $9.50
Australian Stamps – 2nd Ed $29.95 903274 Album stock sheets – seven strip (set of ten) $9.50
Collections, Books and Accessories 903275 Album stock sheets – mixed strip (set of ten) $9.50
989171 1998 Collection of Australian Stamps – Deluxe $57.95 31 Dec 1999 903276 Album stock sheets – single (set of ten) $9.50
989214 1998 Collection of Australian Stamps – Executive $87.95 31 Dec 1999 Numismatic Range ◆
989194 1998 Collection of Australian Territories Stamps $25.95 31 Dec 1999 019250 1999 Uncirculated Coin Set $19.95
984219 The Living Ocean book $12.95 019251 1999 Proof Coin Set $64.75
984250 The Planet Ocean Giant Poster and Sticker book $9.95 019252 1999 Baby Coin Set $24.50
946219 The Story of Australian Birds $12.95 019253 1999 Baby Coin Proof Set $75.00
905219 Coming South: Australia’s Days of Sail $16.95 019254 1999 $1 Silver Kangaroo $29.50
858219 Australian Antarctica $16.95
870250 Caring for Your Collection $5.95 [MO] – Available by mail order only. [MO/CC] – Available by mail order and from Collector’s Corner
983260 Stamp Collecting Starter Kit $14.95 outlets. * Postcards available – these can only be purchased from retail outlets.
988252 1998 Stamp Printing Technical Details [MO/CC] $10.00 Standing Orders
903293 Night Creatures Stamp Gang Book $6.95 A standing order can make life easier for you by ◆ POSTAGE AND HANDLING CHARGES
A postage and handling charge of $3.00 applies to
801270 Stamp Gang Collecting Kit $14.95 ensuring that you automatically receive the issues or each of the Australian Stamp Catalogue, Sydney 2000
801255 Adventures in Cyberspace Stamp Gang video $12.95 products you prefer. You may create a standing order Olympic Coin Collection and Numismatic ranges
Sydney 2000 Olympic Coin Collection ◆ for new stamp issues, or for a product type, such as shown on the previous pages. This charge applies
for first day covers. For more information fill out the only once for each category. Therefore, if you
019138 The Festival of the Dreaming Silver Coin $54.00 purchase an item from each category, you pay $9.00
019139 Kangaroo and Flora Silver Coin $54.00 relevant boxes on the mail order form and send it to for postage and handling. Whether you order one or
019140 A Sea Change I Silver Coin $54.00 the Australian Philatelic Bureau. several items from a category, you only pay the $3.00
019141 A Sea Change II Silver Coin $54.00 postage and handling charge once. When you order
This form can also be used if you wish to be added items which are from two categories, then you pay
019142 Great White Shark and Coral Silver Coin $54.00 to the Bulletin mailing list, or to have your existing $6.00 postage and handling.
019143 Lizard and Flora Silver Coin $54.00 details updated.

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