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Stamp Bulletin 366
Stamp Bulletin 366
Stamp Bulletin 366
l t Bu e in
No.366
July
August
2020
150th Anniversary of
The Royal Children’s Hospital
Melbourne
Norfolk Island
Ocean Oddities
Australian Alps
Stamp Collecting Month
Wildlife Recovery
100th Anniversary of the
Princes Highway
Opalised Fossils
Christmas Island
Crabs
Hello Collectors
Welcome to the July–August edition of Stamp Bulletin.
We do hope you are faring well and staying connected
during these strange new times. As previously advised,
our Post Offices continue to provide support and services
to the community, and postal delivery is a reminder that
essential services remain in place with little change.
Similarly, the philatelic team continues to develop new
stamp issues – albeit through very different processes –
and I am pleased to introduce our forthcoming issues in
this edition of Stamp Bulletin.
Our July–August stamp issues mark two important
anniversaries. First is the sesquicentenary of the
establishment of Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital
Create your
in 1870. This important medical institution was founded as
a free hospital for sick children, and it continues to offer
6 Norfolk Island
Ocean Oddities
8 Australian Alps
6
12 Stamp Collection Month:
Wildlife Recovery
16 100th Anniversary
of the Princes Highway
18 Opalised Fossils
21 Christmas Island
Crabs
12
22 Coins
24 New Postcards
21
150th Anniversary of
The Royal Children’s
Hospital Melbourne
Released 7 July 2020
$1.40 2075002
First day cover
(gummed)
July–August 2020 5
$11.45 2075130
Sheetlet pack
$11 2075250
Booklet of 10 x $1.10 (s/a)
In 1870, a ladies committee, along with doctors around the world benefit from its legacy with great
John Singleton and William Smith, established health outcomes, and still at no charge.
the Melbourne Free Hospital for Sick Children.
Opening its doors on 9 September 1870 with only In 2011 a new 340-bed hospital, designed by
six rooms, the hospital aimed to give the best care Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart
to sick and injured children, free of charge. In a Architects, was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on
century and a half, paediatric healthcare at The a site in Parkville adjacent to the existing hospital.
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Melbourne has By November that year patients had been moved
advanced to the point that it is recognised as one into the new facility and demolition of the old site
of the world’s great hospitals for children. Today, was complete by December 2012. Much of the
the vision of the RCH continues, as children and old site was turned into parkland, creating a new
families from communities across Australia and gateway to Royal Park.
Norfolk Island
Ocean
Oddities
Released 14 July 2020
$3.30 2076142
Minisheet
Marine scientist and artist Dr Lindsay Marshall has illustrated this stamp
issue. Her artwork gives significant detail of each species, and the graphic
device of a diver conveys the relative size of the fish.
Although not commonly encountered, the two species occur in open oceans
around Norfolk Island. The Bump-head Sunfish is usually found to depths of
5,000 metres, though occasionally ventures into shallow waters. This disc-like
marine giant has a deep body that can be as large as 3.3 metres in diameter.
The Oarfish, sometimes known as the King of Herrings, is a ribbon-like fish
that can grow to 11 metres. The world’s longest bony fish species, it occurs to
a depth of around 1,000 metres. It is so named because of its long pelvic fins,
which resemble oars.
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Australia $1.10
15141156
How to Train
Your Dragon
(s/a)
1515510
Bluey
(s/a)
©WBE (s20)
Australia $1.10
1515501
Wonder Woman
(s/a)
Stamp Bulletin
Australian
Alps
Released 21 July 2020
of issue 21
day Ju
irst ly
F
20
20
$7.05 2077126
Stamp pack
$5.55 2077220
Maxicards set of 3
$3.60 each
2077002 2077013
First day cover First day cover $110 2077209
(gummed) (minisheet) Roll of 100 (s/a)
The Australian Alps is a biodiverse and picturesque These rare alpine environments include fern-filled
alpine region of around 1.6 million hectares that forests, Snow Gum woodlands and cirque lakes,
stretches from Canberra, in the Australian Capital as well as alpine meadows. There are incredible
Territory (ACT), through southern New South Wales landforms created by glaciers and a range of rock
(NSW), and along the Great Dividing Range in types, with a geological history spanning hundreds
eastern Victoria. of millions of years. In addition to the Alps’
biodiversity, geological significance and impressive
The national-heritage-listed Australian Alps scenery, many of the region’s waterways assist
encompass 11 national parks and nature reserves with electricity generation, irrigation and domestic
that contain plant and animal life found nowhere water supply, including the mighty Snowy River.
else in Australia and, in some cases, the world.
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Postcards
$2.40 each
Includes postage
worldwide
The Australian Alps are a hub
for snow sports and recreation
throughout the cooler months 0964813
Blue Lake
0964811
0964812
View from Falls Creek Brindabella Namadgi
Limited Edition
Australian Alps 4,000
produced
Self-adhesive Roll of 100
$110 7030192
These self-adhesive rolls are printed
using the Gallus Labelfire production
system developed by Gallus and
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.
The system combines the latest
digital print technology along with the
Flexographic conventional printing method
for the roll’s backing sheet. The digital
inkjet printing method is used for the stamp
face before die cutting takes place as part
of a single pass.
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$1.35 7026226
75th Anniversary of the
Victory in the Pacific
PPE
$17.95 7026401
75th Anniversary of the
Victory in the Pacific
PNC
$6.60 2080142
Minisheet
July–August 2020 13
$13.65 2080126
Stamp pack
$6.90 each
2080002
First day cover
(gummed)
2080013
First day cover
(minisheet)
$11.10 2080220
Maxicard set of 6
This year’s Stamp Collecting Month focuses on a The federal government’s Wildlife and Threatened
subject of urgency following Australia’s devastating Species Bushfire Recovery expert panel has
bushfire season over the summer of 2019–20. estimated that the many species identified for
The high-intensity fires swept through around urgent conservation management had at least
12 million hectares – including significant bushland 30 per cent of their habitat destroyed by the fires;
and protected natural areas – claiming the lives many species lost substantially more than this.
of a conservatively estimated 1.25 billion animals. They have been identified as particularly at-risk
The immensity of this loss was compounded by due to their level of imperilment before the
the aftermath of the fires, which left many animals bushfires, the extent to which their habitat has
without food, water and shelter, and exposed to been burnt, and their specific traits that make
opportunistic predators. them particularly vulnerable to fire.
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$11 each
Booklet of
10 x $1.10 (s/a)
2080250
Butterfly
2080252 2080254
Frog Dunnart
2080256 2080258
Honeyeater Skink
Conservationists, scientists, government agencies, The stamps in this issue depict six animals from
land managers, wildlife rescue and rehabilitation the federal government’s expert panel’s long
groups and individual carers mobilised rapidly in list of priority species for urgent conservation
their rescue and recovery efforts. Their actions management: Koala, Bathurst Copper Butterfly,
have included evacuating animals, establishing triage Davies’ Tree Frog, Kangaroo Island Dunnart,
centres, making drops of supplementary food and Regent Honeyeater and Blue Mountains Water
water, establishing shelters and predator controls, Skink. All six species were considered at risk
monitoring, and fencing remnant vegetation. It is before the bushfires, but the level of their
a long road to recovery, but the stories of success imperilment is greatly increased.
are cause for optimism for the survival of our
much-loved wildlife.
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$24.95 2080301
Medallion cover
$34.95 2080302
Triple medallion cover
Stamp Collecting
Month is all about
Wildlife Recovery
visit auspost.com.au/scm
to learn more
100th Anniversary of the
Princes Highway
Released 11 August 2020
$4.70 2081002
First day cover
(gummed)
July–August 2020 17
$4.85 2081126
Stamp pack
$7.40 2081220
Maxicards set of 4
The Princes Highway was officially opened in and the New South Wales opening took place
1920 as a major arterial road between Sydney on 19 October in Bulli on the South Coast of
and Melbourne via the New South Wales South New South Wales. In 1922, approval was given
Coast and Gippsland, in Victoria. The highway to extend the Princes Highway to Adelaide via
was named in honour of the Prince of Wales Geelong, Warrnambool, Portland, Robe and Mount
(later King Edward VIII and, after his abdication, Gambier. It was later extended to Port Augusta.
the Duke of Windsor) on the occasion of his
royal tour of Australia. This stamp issue commemorates the centenary
of the Princes Highway, with early travel posters
The first section from Melbourne was formally celebrating cities and towns along its length.
opened on 10 August 1920 at Warragul, Victoria,
Opalised
Fossils
Released 17 August 2020
$4.40 2082142
Minisheet
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$9.25 2082126
Stamp pack
$24.95 2082300
Medallion cover
$4.70 each
2082002 2082013
First day cover First day cover
(gummed) (minisheet)
During the early Cretaceous Period, around 125 the Araucarian conifer group prevalent during the
to 100 million years ago, what is now Australia lay Cretaceous Period.
near the South Pole, joined to Antarctica as part
of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana. Over The pine cone (also most likely from an Araucarian
millions of years, some of the plant and animal conifer), theropod dinosaur tooth and wood
remains buried in its ancient waterways were fossils are part of the world’s most diverse public
transformed into opalised fossils. The opalised collection of opalised fossils, housed at the
wood fossil featured on the stamp was found in Australian Opal Centre, at Lightning Ridge, in
the Koroit opal fields, in Queensland. While the outback New South Wales. As well as its prized
identity of the tree species is unknown, it was opalised fossils, the Australian Opal Centre has
likely a relative of today’s Bunya Pine, a tree in an important collection of precious opal, cultural
artefacts, artworks, photographs and archival
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$11 2082250
Booklet of
10 x $1.10
(s/a)
$22 2082252
Booklet of
20 x $1.10
$7.40 2082220 (s/a)
Maxicards set of 4
materials relating to the history and heritage precious opal in existence and devotes an entire
of opal in Australia. Recent discoveries in the display gallery to its renowned collection of
area of Lightning Ridge include the plant-eating opalised fossils. The species is Euspira reflecta,
ornithopod dinosaurs Weewarrasaurus and which was an active sea floor predator of mussels
Fostoria, and Australia’s largest carnivorous and cockles.
dinosaur, nicknamed “Lightning Claw” for the
impressive size of its claws (up to around 25 The opal fields of South Australia have yielded a
centimetres long). treasure trove of opalised fossils over the century,
since the first discovery of precious opal at Coober
The moon snail fossil found at Coober Pedy Pedy in 1915. South Australian opal occurrences
is from the South Australian Museum, which are chiefly restricted to the sedimentary rocks of
curates the world’s largest collection of Australian what is now the Great Artesian Basin.
Christmas Island
Crabs
Released 17 August 2020
$6.60 2083142
Minisheet
$6.90 each
2083002 2083013
First day cover First day cover
(gummed) (minisheet)
Coin shown
larger than
actual size
0964815
Bright-eyed Crab
0964817
Red Nipper Crab
0964816
Kuhl’s Ghost Crab
0964818
White-striped Crab
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Postmarks
First Day of Issue
Australian Alps
21 July 2020
Mount Beauty Vic 3699
Postmarks for the first day of issue, temporary or permanent pictorials, are available through all
Australian Post Offices and are collected by postmarking enthusiasts.
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150th Ann. The Royal Children's Hospital Withdrawal date 31 January 2021
7 July 2020 First day cover withdrawal date 5 August 2020
2075250 55299 S/A booklet of 10 x $1.10 $11.00 Sheetlet size 101mm x 151mm
Perforations 13.86 x 14.6
2075251 Chequebook of 20 x 10 x $1.10 $220.00
National Parkville
postmark Vic 3052
2081241 56661 Gutter 10 x $1.10 Mt Gambier $11.00 Stamp size 26mm x 37.5mm
Perforations 14.6 x 13.86
2081242 56670 Gutter 10 x $1.10 Geelong $11.00
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2081243 56685 Gutter 10 x $1.10 Melbourne $11.00 National Sydney
postmark NSW 2000
2081244 56682 Gutter 10 x $1.10 Sydney $11.00
Miscellaneous
7026226 70373 75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Pacific PPE $1.35 15 Aug 20
7026401 51015 75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Pacific PNC $17.95 15 Aug 20
0964816 56016 Christmas Island Kuhl's ghost crab postcard $2.40 1 Aug 20
0964817 56017 Christmas Island Red nipper crab postcard $2.40 1 Aug 20
7030192 70911 Australian Alps roll of 100 x $1.10 (s/a) (RAPID) $110.00 27 Jul 20
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Coins
2051133 56092 2020 Wedge-tailed Eagle 2oz Sil Piedfort Proof Coin $210.00 Perth Mint
2051126 54770 2020 Lucky Cat 1oz Silver Proof Rectangle Coin $135.00
2051134 58981 2020 End of WWII 75th Ann 1/10oz Silver Bullion Coin $14.95
2051136 58803 2020 Kookaburra 2oz Silver Proof Gilded HR Coin $199.00
2051137 58802 2020 Australian Koala 5oz Silver Proof HR Coin $529.00
Seven Seas
150th Anniversary of The Royal Supplement: design set (gummed & s/a) Optional: sheetlet of 10.
Children’s Hospital Melbourne s/a booklet of 10
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7 July 2020 150th Anniversary of the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
Miscellaneous
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7026226 75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Pacific PPE $1.35
7026401 75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Pacific PNC $17.95
0964815 Christmas Island Bright-eyed crab postcard $2.40
0964816 Christmas Island Kuhl’s ghost crab postcard $2.40
0964817 Christmas Island Red nipper crab postcard $2.40
0964818 Christmas Island White-stripe crab postcard $2.40
0964811 View from Falls Creek postcard $2.40
0964812 Brindabella Namadgi postcard $2.40
0964813 Blue Lake postcard $2.40
7030192 Australian Alps roll of 100 x $1.10 (s/a) (RAPID) $110.00
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2051133 2020 Wedge-tailed Eagle 2oz Silver Piedfort Proof Coin $210.00
2051126 2020 Lucky Cat 1oz Silver Proof Rectangle Coin $135.00
2051134 2020 End of WWII 75th Ann1/10oz Silver Bullion Coin in Card $14.95
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29 April 2020 Navigating History: Endeavour Voyage 250 Years
2061501
AFL stamp
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2061312
Richmond
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May–June 2020 11
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NRL stamp
collection
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Roosters
stamp
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Individual
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