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The six Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth
of Australia operated their own postal service issuing their
own stamps that continued to be valid until 1966 . For most,
Australian philately proper begins in 1913 with the
issue of a red 1d (one penny) Kangaroo and Map keep 38 years, and
a king George V.kept for 23 years .Australia's first airmail-designated stamp appeared on 20 May 1929.
Australian definitives featured the monarch, Australian fauna and
Australian flora. With the introduction of decimal currency
24 new definitives were issued.
Since 1971, when the last base domestic letter rate definitive appeared in 1971, the designs of all
Australian definitive values have focused on fauna, flora, reptiles,
butterflies, marine life, gemstones, paintings and handicrafts. From 1980, a stamp has been issued
annually to commemorate the monarch's birthday.
Australia's first commemorative stamp was issued on 9 May 1927 to mark
the opening of the first Parliament House in Canberra. Subsequently,
issues have appeared regularly commemorating Australian achievements and
landmarks in Australian history.
There have been many special issues. such as Christmas stamps, special
issues for the Collecting month stamps and , after the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games
stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal .
Self-adhesive stamps were first issued in 1990. and ,
after1997, an annual Australian Legends issue has commemorated living
important Australians .In 2001 separate
stamps were introduced for domestic and international postage .
From the 1913 to 1930, Commonwealth and State Government agencies used
stamps punctured with OS (“Official Stamp”).
Australia has had joint stamp issues with New Zealand , the United Kingdom , some of its external
territories, the United States of America , the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics , People’s Republic of China ,
Indonesia , Singapore , Greece , Hong Kong,
Sweden , France and Thailand .
The stamps of some Australian external territories such as the
Australian Antarctic Territory Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas
Island have always been valid for postage within Australia
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