18 January 2022

New licensed collectables for the New Year!

Released today, 18 January 2022, are two exciting licensed stamp packs to kick-start the New Year.

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4 January 2022

Order your personalised 2022 Happy Birthday postal numismatic cover!

Out now is our latest personalisable Happy Birthday postal numismatic cover (PNC). This bright and cheerful collectable is a personal and thoughtful birthday gift or keepsake.

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3 January 2022

Special collectables for Lunar New Year of the Tiger 2022

The Year of the Tiger begins on 1 February 2022. The third animal in the 12-year cycle, those born under the Tiger sign are considered born leaders, who are brave, adventurous, competitive and confident.

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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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