Overview
The Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903, in Detroit, Michigan. The following year it set up a factory directly across the Detroit River, in Ontario, Canada, to make and sell vehicles not only in Canada but across the British Empire. The first Ford cars to reach Australia came in kit form from Canada in 1909, and were assembled here.
In 1925 the Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited (known as Ford Australia) was founded as a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, with headquarters in Geelong, Victoria. On 1 July, in an improvised factory in a converted wool store, the first Australian-built Ford vehicle was completed: a Model T. The company built a permanent Geelong factory that produced various models over the years, and in 1956 opened a second complex in Broadmeadows, which became its headquarters in 1961.
Ford manufacturing in Australia ended in 2016. Ford Australia continues to lead design and development of the Ranger utility and Everest SUV models, and imports vehicles for Australian buyers.
Technical specifications
- Issue date
- 2 September 2025
- Issue withdrawal date
- 1 April 2026
- Denomination
- 4 x $1.70
- Stamp & product design
- Sharon Rodziewicz, Australia Post Design Studio
- Illustration
- Hughes Motorsport Art
- Paper
- Tullis Russell 104gsm Red Phosphor/Blue PVA Stamp Paper & PSA (P55) 100gsm Release Self/Adhesive
- Printer
- RA Printing
- Printing process
- Offset lithography
- Stamp size (mm)
- 26 x 37.5
- Minisheet size (mm)
- 170 x 70
- Perforations
- 13.86 x 14.6
- Sheet layout
- Module of 50 (2 x 25)
- FDI postmark
- Geelong, Vic 3220
- FDI withdrawal date
- 1 October 2025
Each stamp depicts a different Ford car, accurately rendered by Hughes Motorsport Art. Background and minisheet images were provided by Ford.
$1.70
Model T
The Model T Ford, launched in the USA in 1908, revolutionised motoring. The first car affordable enough to reach a mass market, it was tough, reliable and easy to maintain. Its low price was partly due to Henry Ford’s adoption of the moving assembly line.
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XP Falcon
The best-known Ford in Australia was the Falcon, with more than 3.5 million vehicles produced here between 1960 and 2016.
Originally based on an American design, over the decades it was increasingly adapted to Australian conditions.
The XP Falcon, praised for its strength, reliability and refined driving dynamics, was produced in 1965–66, and was the first Ford to win Australia’s Wheels magazine Car of the Year Award.
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XA Falcon GT
The XA Falcon was the first fully locally designed Falcon when launched in 1972. With a powerful V8 engine and bold design, it became an Australian cultural icon.
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FG XR8 Falcon
The FG XR8 Falcon was another powerful eight-cylinder car. Its successor, the FGX XR8, was the last locally manufactured V8 Ford car.
