
Australia's First Olympian: Edwin Flack
Issue date: 26 September 2023
A postmark is an inked rubber stamp, with an imprint that indicates the date and place. A postal worker will press the postmark onto your letter to show the stamp has been used for postage. The date on the postmark records where and when the item enters the mail system.
Postmarks are just as unique and fascinating as stamps themselves. Take a look at some of our latest ones, and learn how to perfectly place postmark ink onto your collectable items.
Australia's First Olympian: Edwin Flack
Issue date: 26 September 2023
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: White-breasted Waterhen
Issue date: 19 September 2023
Queen Elizabeth II: In Memoriam
Issue date: 19 September 2023
Aussie Big Things
Issue date: 4 September 2023
AAT: Antarctic Circumnavigation 250 Years
Issue date: 22 August 2023
Aussie Bird Count
Issue date: 15 August 2023
Norfolk Island Lookouts
Issue date: 25 July 2023
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023
Issue date: 11 July 2023
Sustainable Future
Issue date: 27 June 2023
Native Animals (International)
Issue date: 26 June 2023
Norfolk Island Botanic Garden
Issue date: 13 June 2023
Still-life Paintings: Margaret Olley & John Perceval
Issue date: 6 June 2023
Extinct Mammals
Issue date: 1 June 2023
Jellyfish: Underwater Wonders
Issue date: 16 May 2023
Peacock Spiders
Issue date: 9 May 2023
Christmas Island Caves
Issue date: 9 May 2023
Australian Legends of Supercars
Issue date: 27 April 2023
Lest We Forget: The Vietnam War
Issue date: 18 April 2023
Solar Eclipses
Issue date: 11 April 2023
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Reef Fish
Issue date: 21 March 2023
Centenary of Legacy
Issue date: 21 March 2023
AAT: Sidney Nolan’s Antarctica
Issue date: 14 March 2023
The Golden Age of Travel Posters
Issue date: 7 March 2023
Fairy-wrens
Issue date: 21 February 2023
Sporting Treasures
Issue date: 7 February 2023
Lost Birds of Norfolk Island
Issue date: 31 January 2023
Year of the Rabbit 2023
Issue date: 17 January 2023
Special Occasions 2023
Issue date: 3 January 2023
Previous year's postmarks
If you need a postmark applied to your philatelic item, head to your local Post Office. Only authorised Australia Post staff can apply postmarks. Make sure you’re getting the right kind of postmark applied. You’ll want a national postmark on a first day cover, the correct commemorative postmark for a special occasion stamp, and so on.
Request that the postmark impression is applied with clarity and precision - no smudging! Black is the only colour ink that should be used. Catch the corner of the stamp - don’t cover up the stamp design. Refer to the images below as a guide.
Place the postmark on the left hand side.
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