New Zealand – Australia Joint Issue

 

Date of Issue : 7 April 2015

New Zealand Post will issue a joint issue  with Australia Post to mark 100 years since the Gallipoli campaign. This unique stamp and coin issue commemorates the relationship New Zealand and Australia share under the banner of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). The perfect addition to any Anzac stamp and coin collection, this issue includes New Zealand's first stamp-shaped commemorative coin.

Tourist Transport in Australia

Date of Issue : 3 March 2015

Australia Post has released a special set of stamps dedicated to the vehicles that are used to get to Australia’s famous sites. The issue consists of four stamps that were put into circulation on the 3d of March.

Visitors flocking to some of Australia’s most beautiful destinations can board a range of transport vehicles for sightseeing tours. The lovely coastal city of Victor Harbor on South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula hosts the Horse-Drawn Tram, a service first established in 1894. Queensland’s spectacular Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef can be viewed from the air in popular seaplane tours.

For many years, the early 20th-century steam train Puffing Billy, which runs on its original track in the Dandenong Ranges, has been one of Victoria’s favourite attractions. Canoe and flat-bottomed boats carry tourists along the dramatic Katherine Gorge, a deep gorge carved through ancient sandstone by the Katherine River and the central attraction of Nitmiluk National Park in the Northern Territory.

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St. Valentine’s Day – a day of love and sincere feelings

 

Date of Issue : 3 February 2015

 

Australian Post will release a set of stamps celebrating the upcoming St. Valentine’s Day. The issue consists of four stamps that will be put into circulation on the 3rd of February.

Stamp and Coin Cover

The heart is quite simply the most iconic love symbol of all. The exchange of heart-shaped Valentines is believed to have gained popularity in Victorian England.

This latest issue of stamps, for special occasions and everyday use, is a fresh and contemporary take on the subject of love and the love heart form. Each stamp presents a heart shaped object, floating in a panorama of blue sky and fluffy white clouds.

There is a heart shaped kite, skywriting smoke trail, hot air balloon and cloud. The stamps convey a sense that love is something limitless, uplifting and exciting; that love is about to happen; that love is in the air…

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New stamps from Australia Post

 

Native animals of Australia

Date of Issue : 13 January 2015

 

The Australian Post issued a set of new stamps  dedicated to its native animals. The issue consists of six stamps were released on  13^th January 2015. A set of Maxi Cards were also issued with this set.

The stocky Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) and the Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) are both found in the south-eastern parts of Australia. The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) lives in eucalyptus forests along the eastern seaboard, and the endangered Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) is a small, striped marsupial confined in the wild to the south-west of Western Australia.

The carnivorous Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) has been threatened by Devil Facial Tumour Disease for the last two decades. The Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) feeds largely on ants and termites and is found throughout Australia. Like the Platypus (the only other monotreme), the Echidna lays eggs rather than gives birth to live young.

 

Maxi card sets

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Indpex II 2015, District Level Philatelic Exhibition at Indore - 9th - 10th January 2015 – 2 Special Covers released.

On 9th January 2015 a Special cover on Thakurdas Choithram Pagarani was released.

On 10th January 2015 a Special Cover was issued on Indore Society for mentally retarded. The Society was raised on 12th March 1995 and registered with a view to create general awareness about mental retardation.

Silverpex-2015 at Kannur and release of Special Cover on Arakkal Palace - 9th January 2015.

Special Cover on Golden Jubilee of Newman College, Thodupuzha - 31st December 2014

Special Cover on Centenary Celebration of Mercara Downs Golf Club - 13th December 2014

Courtesy – Indian Philately Digest , Sreejesh Krishnan - Trivandrum

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New stamp on Red Cross..

 

 

Date of Issue : 6 May 2014

Australia Post issued a stamp to commemorate 100 years of Red Cross in Australia. A Maxi Card was also issued ffor this issue.

100 Years People Helping people

Australian Red Cross was established in 1914, nine days after the commencement of World War I. The organisation grew at a rapid rate – by November 1914, New South Wales had 88 city or suburban branches and 249 country branches. The Society was accepted by the community from the beginning. Much of the World War I home front activities such as knitting socks and rolling bandages was done by local Red Cross branches.

Australian Red Cross supports and runs important projects whilst raising awareness about issues or problems. These include First Aid projects, Disaster and Emergency Services, Youth and Education. The Mission of Australian Red Cross is: "To be a leading humanitarian organisation in Australia, improving the lives of vulnerable people through services delivered and promotion of humanitarian laws and values."

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Forthcoming Philatelic Exhibitions in Karnataka

Bagalkot (Divisions covered Bagalkot, Chikodi, Gokak and Belgaum) - 19th - 20th July 2014.

Gadag (Divisions covered Gadag, Dharwad, Bellary, Sirsi, Karwar and Haveri) - 9th - 10th August 2014.

Gulbarga (Divisions covered Gulbarga, Bidar, Bijapur and Raichur) - 23rd - 24th August 2014.

It is also proposed to organize district level philatelic exhibition at Bangalore in 1st week of August 2014. The date is not announced yet. More information is awaited.

- Jagannath Mani - Bangalore

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New Stamps from Australia

 

150th Anniversary of the birth of  Andrew Barton “Banjo” Paterson

Date of Issue : 13 May 2014

Australia Post  is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Australian literary great, Andrew Barton “Banjo” Paterson, through a new stamp release acknowledging Banjo’s iconic bush-themed ballads.

This issue features a stamp and coin cover, a stamp and three-medallion cover along with a wonderful prestige booklet featuring a selection of poems by bush balladeer AB "Banjo" Paterson.

The bush ballad is a thread of Australia’s early literary and popular culture, a rhyming, narrative-based poem adapted for singing.

“The Australian bush ballad helped create a mythology of Australia and Australian identity during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and are generally simple stories of swagmen, bushrangers, drovers, shearers, working-class oppression and rural isolation,” Mr Zsolt said.

Banjo Paterson is also one of Australia’s best known folk poets, and popular renditions of his works – such as the film of “The Man from Snowy River” and the use of “Waltzing Matilda” as an unofficial national anthem – have helped carry his ballads across time.

The Bush Ballads stamp release, illustrated by Sydney-based illustrators Jamie and Leanne Tufrey, feature the following Banjo Paterson poetry works:

• Clancy of the Overflow - This well-known poem, published in the Bulletin in December 1889, demonstrates Paterson’s romanticism for bush life.
• The Man from Snowy River - Published in the Bulletin in April 1890, this much-loved tale tells of the pursuit of a prizewinning colt that escaped to run among a herd of brumbies in mountainous country.
• Waltzing Matilda - Written in 1895 to a tune played by Christina Macpherson, this is probably the most famous of all Australian ballads.
• Mulga Bill’s Bicycle - Published in the Sydney Morning Herald in July 1896, this humorous poem was written at the height of the late-19th-century bicycling craze.

The new stamp release commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of “Banjo” Paterson (1864-1941) includes a miniature sheet, first day cover, stamp pack, maxicard set of four, booklet of 10 x 70c self-adhesive stamps, roll of 100 x 70c self-adhesive stamps, gutter strip of 10 x 70c stamps with design, prestige booklet, postal and numismatic cover and a medallion cover.

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