Overview
The Australia Post Australian Legends Award is presented annually by Australia Post to honour a living individual or group of individuals who have excelled in a particular field of endeavour. The award recognises outstanding individuals for their part in shaping the social and cultural life of Australia.
Supercars racing is the top category of Australian motorsport. The 2023 Australia Post Australian Legends Award honours four living legends of Supercars racing – Allan Moffat OBE, Dick Johnson AM, Mark Skaife OAM and Craig Lowndes OAM – whose record-setting achievements are inspiring the next generation. Not only have these racing drivers achieved excellence on the track in the Bathurst 1000, the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) and the Repco Supercars Championship, but they have also made significant contributions off the track, through industry involvement, advocacy, education and charity work.
View a full profile of each Legend.
Technical specifications
- Issue date
- 27 April 2023
- Issue withdrawal date
- 31 October 2023
- Denomination
- $1.20 x 4
- Stamp design
- SE Products
- Product design
- SE Products
- Paper: gummed
- Tullis Russell 104gsm Red Phos.
- Paper: self-adhesive
- Securpost C-Print 100 P8P Non-Phos
- Printer
- RA Printing
- Printing process
- Offset lithography
- Stamp size (mm)
- 37.5 x 26
- Perforations
- 13.86 x 14.6
- Sheet layout
- Module of 50
- FDI Postmark
- Wannaroo WA 6065
- FDI withdrawal date
- 26 May 2023
$1.20 Allan Moffat OBE
Allan Moffat OBE (b. 1939) moved to Australia as a teenager with his family in the 1960s and went on to become one of the most successful drivers the country has ever seen. He cemented his name as a champion at Bathurst, winning both this famous race and the ATCC four times. Read more.
The stamp portrait photograph is from the collections of autopics.com.au. The background of the stamp features Moffat’s Ford XC Falcon from his 1977 Bathurst win.
$1.20 Dick Johnson AM
Born and raised in Queensland, in 1945, Dick Johnson AM is one of the most famous faces in the history of Australian motorsport. Johnson won the ATCC and Bathurst 1000 in 1981, and went on to win four further championships (in 1982, 1984, 1988 and 1989) and the Bathurst 1000 two more times (in 1989 and 1994). Johnson retired from full-time V8 Supercar racing at the end of 1999 to focus on running his famous Dick Johnson Racing team. Read more.
The stamp portrait is by Tony Burton/autopics.com.au and the car in the stamp background is his Ford XD Falcon, driven during his 1981 Bathurst victory.
$1.20 Mark Skaife OAM
Originally from the Central Coast of New South Wales, Mark Skaife OAM (b. 1967) remains one of the most successful drivers in Australian motorsport history. A six-time Bathurst 1000 winner, Skaife won his first Bathurst 1000 in 1991 and backed it up the following year, the same year he also won his first ATCC and the Australian Drivers Championship for open wheelers – a unique treble unlikely to be achieved again. Skaife won the ATCC again in 1994 and won the V8 Supercars Championship three years in a row, from 2000 to 2002. Read more.
The stamp portrait is by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images. The car in the stamp background is Skaife’s Holden VX Commodore, from his triumph at Bathurst in 2002.
$1.20 Craig Lowndes OAM
Craig Lowndes OAM (b. 1974) is often referred to as the “people’s champion” of Australian motorsport. Lowndes won his first “great race” at Bathurst in 1996, the same year he also won his first ATCC. He won further championships in 1998 and 1999 and cement himself as a V8 Supercar fan favourite. A seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner and six-time winner of the Sandown 500 in Melbourne, Lowndes has also won the Bathurst 12 Hour for GT cars twice, in 2014 and 2017. Read more.
The stamp portrait is by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images. The car in the stamp background is Lowndes’ Holden VF Commodore, from his conquest of Bathurst in 2015.
Shop our stamp collectables
Set of stamps:
Set of Australian Legends of Supercars Gummed Stamps
This set of stamps contains all four stamps from the Australian Legends of Supercars stamp issue.
Stamp pack:
Australian Legends of Supercars Stamp Pack
The Australian Legends of Supercars stamp pack contains all four stamps from the stamp issue presented in a high-quality folder.
Booklet of 10:
Booklet of 10x $1.20 Allan Moffat Stamps
This booklet contains 10x $1.20 Allan Moffat self-adhesive stamps from the Australian Legends of Supercars stamp issue in a convenient wallet sized booklet.
Maxicard set:
Set of Australian Legends of Supercars Maxicards
This maxicard set contains the four maxicards from the Australian Legends of Supercars stamp issue.
- Set of stamps
- Stamp pack
- Booklet of 10
- Maxicard set
Additional collectables:
- Booklet of 10x $1.20 Dick Johnson Stamps
- Booklet of 10x $1.20 Mark Skaife Stamps
- Booklet of 10x $1.20 Craig Lowndes Stamps
- Gutter Strip of 10x $1.20 Allan Moffat Stamps
- Gutter Strip of 10x $1.20 Dick Johnson Stamps
- Gutter Strip of 10x $1.20 Mark Skaife Stamps
- Gutter Strip of 10x $1.20 Craig Lowndes Stamps
- Chequebook of 200x $1.20 Allan Moffat Stamps
- Chequebook of 200x $1.20 Dick Johnson Stamps
- Chequebook of 200x $1.20 Mark Skaife Stamps
- Chequebook of 200x $1.20 Craig Lowndes Stamps
- Pictorial Envelope for the Australian Legends of Supercars Stamp Issue
This content was produced at the time of the stamp issue release date and will not be updated.
