19 July 2022

Celebrating the Socceroos centenary

This year, 2022, is the centenary year for the Australian men’s national football team, known since the 1970s as the Socceroos.

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11 July 2022

Budgerigars: An interview with photographer Leila Jeffreys

On 11 July 2022, Australia Post released a stamp Issue that celebrates a most Iconic Australian bird, the Budgerigar. The stamp photographs are by renowned portrait photographer Leila Jeffreys...

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6 July 2022

Licensed stamp packs in July 2022

July brings an exciting month of licensed stamp pack releases, featuring characters from the small and big screen.

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Featured Articles

Preserving Australia’s wetlands
2 February 2021 | 14 mins | Article
Preserving Australia’s wetlands
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Commemorating the beginnings of civil aviation in Australia
2 October 2020 | 14 mins | Article
Commemorating the beginnings of civil aviation in Australia
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Touring the Australian Silo Art trail through stamps
3 September 2020 | 12 mins | Article
Touring the Australian Silo Art trail through stamps
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Explore the Great Barrier Reef during Stamp Collecting Month 2018
26 Jul 2018 | 8 min | Article
Explore the Great Barrier Reef during Stamp Collecting Month 2018
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Meet some of the stamp designers

The man behind the Fair Dinkum Aussie Alphabet stamp illustrations
29 April 2020 | 11 min | Article
Jenna Lee and Niqui Branchu
The difficulty in producing a stamp issue such as this one is two-fold: How do we ensure that a multi-layered and complex narrative is presented clearly? Then, how do we visually tell that story within a very small space?
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An interview with Owen Bell, digital painter
25 March 2020 | 10 min | Article
Martin Mörck
Martin Mörck has produced more than 900 stamps, which contain more than 670 engravings, for numerous postal administrations in his 45-year career. He also works internationally in the field of banknote engraving.
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Meet a Philatelic designer: Jo Mure
6 January 2020 | 8 min | Article
Yan Lin
Yan Lin is a freelance designer with a Bachelor of Design in visual communication from the University of Technology, Sydney. Yan’s creative streak is long-standing.
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Stamp designs bear fruit
30 July 2019 | 11 min | Article
Anita Xhafer
Anita Xhafer, designer of the Bush Citrus stamp issue, has worked previous with Australia Post on the Garden Fruits of Cocos stamp issue released in 2017.
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