Overview
This stamp issue refreshes our ongoing series marking some of life’s key milestones – birthdays, anniversaries, weddings and the arrival of a newborn, to name just a few. These are events for which a heartfelt missive sent through the post is often most fitting, a handwritten message, in our digital times, having the power to convey the personal significance of lived events and representing a tangible connection between sender and recipient.
Nine of the stamps in this issue have been designed specifically for social mail between individuals; the design featuring the Southern Cross and Australia is pitched towards general and business mail users. The floral and the Let’s Celebrate designs are appropriate for use across a number of life events.
Technical specifications
- Issue date
- 3 January 2023
- Issue withdrawal date
- tba
- Denomination
- $1.20 x 9. $2.40 x 1
- Stamp design: Teddy bear
- Jo Muré, Australia Post Design Studio
- Stamp design: Champagne Flutes
- Jason Watts, Australia Post Design Studio
- Stamp design: Happy Birthday, Let’s Celebrate
- Simone Sakinofsky, Australia Post Design Studio
- Stamp design: Floral Heart, Paper Bouquet, White Tulips, Waratah, Australia, Wedding Bands
- Sonia Young, Australia Post Design Studio
- Product design
- Sonia Young, Australia Post Design Studio
- Paper: gummed
- Tullis Russell 104gsm Red Phos.
- Paper: self-adhesive
- Securpost C Print 100 P8P
- Printer
- EGO
- Printing process
- Offset lithography
- Stamp size (mm)
- 26 x 37.5
- Sheetlet size (mm)
- 151 x 125
- Perforations
- 14.6 x 13.86
- Sheet layout
- Module of 50 (no design)
- FDI Postmark
- Brisbane QLD 4000
- FDI withdrawal date
- 1 February 2023
$1.20 Teddy Bear
Photograph: Tolikoff Photography/Shutterstock.com
$1.20 Floral Heart
Photograph: Bariskina/Shutterstock.com
$1.20 Paper Bouquet
Photograph: Wacomka/Shutterstock.com
$1.20 Happy Birthday
Photograph: Lucky Team Studio/Shutterstock.com
$1.20 Let’s Celebrate
Photograph: Marish/Shutterstock.com
$1.20 White Tulips
Photograph: Svetlana Cherruty/iStock, Getty Images Plus
$1.20 Champagne Flutes
Photograph: Stockcreations/Shutterstock.com
$1.20 Waratah
Photograph: davidf /E+, Getty Images
$1.20 Australia
Photograph: Blablo101/Shutterstock.com
$2.40 Wedding Bands
Photograph: Igor Aleks
Shop our stamp collectables
Set of stamps:
Set of Special Occasions Gummed Stamps
This set of stamps contains all ten stamps from the Special Occasions 2023 stamp issue.
Stamp pack:
Special Occasions Stamp Pack
The Special Occasions 2023 stamp pack contains all ten stamps from the stamp issue in a special sheetlet, presented in a high-quality folder.
Collection:
Wedding Collection
This Wedding Collection from the Special Occasions 2023 stamp issue contains unique stamp configurations only found in this book, along with in-depth information on the issue.
Maxicard set:
Set of Special Occasions Maxicards
This maxicard set contains the ten maxicards from the Special Occasions 2023 stamp issue.
- Set of stamps
- Stamp pack
- Collection
- Maxicard set
Additional collectables:
- Booklet of 10x $1.20 Teddy Bear Stamps
- Booklet of 10x $1.20 Floral Heart Stamps
- Booklet of 10x $1.20 Paper Bouquet Stamps
- Booklet of 10x $1.20 Happy Birthday Stamps
- Booklet of 10x $1.20 Let’s Celebrate Stamps
- Booklet of 10x $1.20 White Tulips Stamps
- Booklet of 10x $1.20 Champagne Flutes Stamps
- Booklet of 10x $1.20 Waratah Stamps
- Gutter Strip of 10x $2.40 Wedding Bands Stamps
- Gutter Strip of 10x $1.20 Australia Stamps
- Gutter Strip of 10x $1.20 Waratah Stamps
- Gutter Strip of 10x $1.20 Champagne Flutes Stamps
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