Australia Post Managing Director and CEO Ahmed Fahour announced the release of a charity stamp sheetlet to raise funds for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre – a new cancer research and treatment centre at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne.

“Australia Post is delighted to support the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre with the release of this stamp issue,” said Australia Post Managing Director and CEO Ahmed Fahour.

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published July 8th, 2012

This stamp issue is the third in the Colonial Heritage series, commemorating Australia’s philatelic past. Book-ending the stamps of the colonial period, it features a reworking of Australia’s fi rst postage stamp design, “Sydney View” (1850), and one of its last in the colonial period, “Hobart”, from the Tasmanian pictorial issue (1899-1900). Created some 50 years apart, the scenes featured in the original designs serve very different purposes, each linked to its specifi c historical moment.

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published June 27th, 2012

The Farming Australia series continues with four additional stamps. The fi rst European settlers arrived in 1788 with six head of cattle. Today with over 23 million animals, Beef cattle are one of our major industries, farmed across much of Australia.

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published June 25th, 2012

Australian athletes have competed in all Olympic Games of the modern era. Our first Olympian was Edwin Flack, who won two gold medals and one bronze at the first modern Olympiad in Athens in 1896.

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published June 13th, 2012

The remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands are located 2,770 kilometres north-west of Perth in the Indian Ocean and comprise two tropical coral atolls. The southern atoll consists of 26 islands and the uninhabited northern atoll, North Keeling Island, lies 24 kilometres away.

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published June 4th, 2012

Black Caviar is considered the best sprinter in the world by international rankings and to celebrate the 20th consecutive win of the champion Australian thoroughbred racehorser, Australia Post has released this commemorative souvenir stamp pack.

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published May 10th, 2012

Nudibranchs are marine molluscs renowned for their flamboyant colour patterns. They have evolved to the point where they no longer need the passive defence of a shell, instead opting for special chemical secreting glands or recycled stinging cells to keep their soft bodies intact.

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published May 9th, 2012

Christmas Island is the summit of a volcanic seamount, and it features numerous species of fern.

Tectaria devexa var. minor is a small fern with pale green fronds up to 30cm long and lives on rocks (lithophytic) and cliff faces.

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published May 3rd, 2012

The U.S. Postal Service today kicked off Earth Day events around the country highlighting ways the Postal Service strives to be leaner, greener, smarter and faster all year long.

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published April 21st, 2012

This stamp issue traces the design evolution of the Rising Sun badge, also known as the General Service badge, worn by Australian Army personnel. There is some uncertainty as to the origin of the first design, but the most accepted theory is that it derives from a trophy of arms.

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published April 17th, 2012

This stamp issue honours five remarkable clinicians who have contributed to making our health system one of the best in the world.

Dr Jane (Jean) Stocks Greig (1872-1939) was a public health specialist. In 1896, with her sister Janet, she founded Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Hospital. She helped improve the health and dental standards of Victorian school children and her administrative positions included membership of the secretariat of the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association and the Council of Public Education.

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published April 11th, 2012