Stamp issues

This issue includes three ground-based Australian astronomical observatories and their historic or current optical telescopes.

The art of Kevin Bynder, a Whadjuk-Yued Nyungar and Widi-Badimia Yamatji man from Western Australia.

Celebrating 100 years since the production of the first Ford car in Australia

Antarctic krill is the most abundant krill species in Antarctic waters. An adult krill resembles a small, transparent, reddish prawn.

The year 2025 sees the 150th anniversary of the birth of Margaret Preston, one of Australia’s most important painter-printmakers, and a pioneer in developing modern art in this country.  

This issue marks the birth bicentenary of one of our greatest botanists, Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller (30 June 1825–10 October 1896)

There’s a stamp in this issue to mark most important lifeevents, including joyful birthdays, graduations, engagements and weddings.

The opal is Australia’s national gemstone, and today most of the world’s precious opals are sourced here.