Australia Post has released a new stamp to celebrate 100 years of advocacy and community work by Country Women’s Associations across Australia to improve the lives of rural and regional women, children and communities. “The celebration of our centenary is an important milestone for our association and our members, marking 100 years of advocacy on…
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Australia Post Celebrating 100 Years of Ginger Meggs
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Australia Post is celebrating 100 years of Australia’s much-loved waistcoat-wearing rascal, Ginger Meggs, with the release of three stamps featuring the work of creator Jimmy Bancks, and subsequent illustrators James Kemsley and Jason Chatfield. The character of Ginger Meggs first appeared in “Gladsome Gladys”, with the comic strip soon renamed “Us Fellers” and then, in…
Australia Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Team Honoured with Tokyo 2020 Gold Medallist stamp
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After their gold medal-winning performance in the pool, Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell will be the first Australian athletes to feature on Australia Post’s Australian Gold Medallist Stamps for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In a stunning performance, Australia’s 4 x 100 metre Freestyle Relay team set a World Record time…
Australian Cricketing Legends Honoured with 25th Australia Post Legends Awards
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Six of Australia’s greatest cricket stars are being honoured in the 25th annual Australia Post Legends Awards, celebrating their significant contribution to the world of sport and the wider community. The 2021 Legends – Allan Border AO, Adam Gilchrist AM, Jason Gillespie, Dennis Lillee AM MBE, Ellyse Perry and Ricky Ponting AO – will each…
Year of the Ox Stamp Issue Released
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Australia Post has released a new set of stamps to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year and welcome the Year of the Ox, which begins on 12 February. Lunar New Year, also called the Spring Festival in China, is the most important of the traditional festivals celebrated by Asian cultures throughout the world and is…
ADF stamp release
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In the lead up to Remembrance Day, Australia Post is honouring the contribution made by our defence forces over the last century with a new stamp issue. Australia Post Managing Director & Group CEO, Ahmed Fahour, said this year commemorates the centenary of World War I and this stamp issue remembers the contribution made by…
Things That Sting Stamp Release
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Adventurer and wildlife warrior, Ben Southall, has joined Australia Post in calling on stamp collectors of all ages to observe the “Things that Sting” during Stamp Collecting Month this October. The winner of the ‘Best Job in the World’ and former ‘Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef’ has spent much of his…
Australian Red Cross centenary
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Australia Post is commemorating the centenary of Red Cross in Australia with a stamp release. “We are pleased to be able to support Australian Red Cross with the release of this commemorative stamp issue in this centenary year.” Australia Post Philatelic Manager, Mr Michael Zsolt “We trust that the stamp will remind all Australians of…
WWI centenary Stamp Release
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As Australians prepare to commemorate Anzac Day, Australia Post has recently released the first stamp issue in a five-year series designed to tell the chronological story of our nation’s involvement in World War I. Between 2014 and 2018 Australia will commemorate 100 years since WWI, a conflict which helped to define our country. “During the…
ACCC doesn’t object to proposed post price rise
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided to not object to Australia Post’s proposal to increase the prices of ordinary letter services, including the basic postage rate from 60 cents to 70 cents. “The ACCC found that there is increasing financial pressure on Australia Post’s letter services as a result of fewer letters being…