Christmas Island is an external Australian territory located in the Indian Ocean some 2,600 kilometres north-west of Perth. The lush, tropical island is volcanic in origin, with an important natural history. It is home to unique vegetation, iconic seabirds, and land crab populations of world significance. Christmas Island National Park, which comprises 85 square kilometers of the total landmass of 135 square kilometers, was declared in 1980.
The two stamps in the Christmas Island Christmas 2016 issue were illustrated by Shane McGowan. They show a festive tropical scene of Santa, assisted by Rudolph and some local seabirds, delivering Christmas cheer to the island’s animal inhabitants. One the minisheet, we can see turtles and crabs eagerly receiving their Christmas gifts.
Take a look back at Christmas Island Christmas stamps through the years.
Designer
Shane McGowan
Products released in this issue
- First day cover
- Stamp pack
- Minisheet
- Embellished sheetlet pack (Santa stamp)
- Self-adhesive embellished sheetlet of 10 (Santa stamp)
- Self-adhesive embellished sheetlet of 5 (Rudolf stamp)
Technical specifications
- Issue date
- 31 October 2016
- Issue withdrawal date
- 30 April 2017
- Denominations
- 1 x 65c, 1 x $1.80
- Stamp illustration
- Shane McGowan
- Product design
- Sonia Young
- Printer
- RA Printing
- Paper - gummed
- Tullis Russell Ref Phos
- Paper - self-adhesive
- Securepost Cprint 100
- Printing process
- Offset lithography
- Stamp size
- 26mm x 37.5mm
- Minisheet size
- 135mm x 80mm
- Sheetlet size
- 120mm x 192mm
- Perforations
- 13.86 x 14.6
- Sheet layout
- Module of 50
- FDI postmark
- Christmas Island WA 6798
- FDI withdrawal date
- 28 November 2016
This content was produced at the time of the stamp issue release date and will not be updated.
