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AUSTRALIA - Page 3

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Env - 39c - 1988 ? issued 20 Nov 1988

KD: Sydney Harbor Bridge - issued 1988 Sponsored cachet shows outline of bridge & Opera House

This envelope and all the others with similar stamp designs were issued by the Australian PO to commemorate the Australian bi-centennial. 200 different organisations were able to sponsor envelopes which were sold by the PO

 
ATA HB entry:

2/13/89 - 60¢ Air Letter Sheet (aerogramme) with stylistic watercolor painting - multicolored cachet depicts streetcar in a park setting with flowers & trees; printed stamp indicium with sun (yellow & green) is of no railway interest

CP decribes image as "Hill Tram, Melbourne (incline trolley)" and says it is one from set of four.

 
Aerogramme - 60c - 1989

KD: Sydney harbor Bridge - issued 13 Feb 89

 
Picture Postal Card - 1989 - 37¢ indicium "Expo 88" - picture of Expo monorail
 
Envelope - 41c - 1990 - issued 29 June 90 to mark 75th ann of Royal Australian Survey Corps.

KD: 41c stamp shows part of early map with no railway connection. Envelope has all- over design showing a modern map, including three separate railway lines and associated stations of Clyde, Hallams Road, Berwick, Mornington Junc, Somerville and Tooradin but I've not identified exactly where this is

 
Envelope - 1992 - 75th anniv Trans- Australia Railway
45 ¢ indicium with photo of first train. Cachet with photo of modern Indian Pacific train. Rail map at upper left.
 
PC - prepaid - fdi 28 Aug 1992 - shows Sydney Harbor Bridge during construction

KD - maxicard with related stamp affixed and canceled on picture side

 

Maxi-card PPC - 1993 - set of 6 - 6/1/93, Historical Railways, Locomotives & Trains
One stamp from the set Scott 1324- 29 has been pasted on the photo side and cancelled. The train shown there is the same as the one on the stamp (making these maximum cards). There are similar cards for the other four stamps (per CP). The basic item is a postal card with prepaid indicium. There is no identifying number on the card, except for the bar code.
 
Env - prepaid - 1993

KD: Sydney Harbor Bridge - issued 7 Apr 93 Imprinted stamp design 'Postage Paid' shows Bridge

 
Env - prepaid -(Olympics) ? issued 24 Sept 1993

KD: Sydney Harbor Bridge - Imprinted stamp design 'Postage Paid' shows Bridge

 
Env - prepaid - 1995

KD: Sydney Harbor Bridge - issued Nov 95 imprinted stamp design 'Postage Paid'

 
Env - 45c - 1995 (epilepsy) ? issued 4 Sept 1995

KD: Sydney Harbor Bridge - issued 1995 imprinted 45c stamp design shows stylised outline of Bridge and Opera House

 
Env - 45c - 1994 (zoos) ? issued 28 Sept 1994

KD: Sydney Harbor Bridge

 
Aerogramme - prepaid - 199x

KD: Sydney harbor Bridge

 
PC - prepaid - 199x

KD: Post Card - Postage Prepaid for Posting in Australia and Delivery Worldwide - card includes an illustration of an earlier postage stamp which has no postal validity
Flinder's Street Station by night with tram passing. Stamp illustation of Scott 1152

 
PC - prepaid - 199x

KD: Post Card - Postage Prepaid for Posting in Australia and Delivery Worldwide - card includes an illustration of an earlier postage stamp which has no postal validity
Melbourne by Night. Stamp illustration of Scott 290

 
PC - prepaid - 199x

KD: Post Card - Postage Prepaid for Posting in Australia and Delivery Worldwide - card includes an illustration of an earlier postage stamp which has no postal validity
Melbourne Trams, Stamp illustration of Scott 1156

 
ATA HB entry:
12/1997 - Printed in "maximum card" style, with reproduction of a stamp on the picture side. All with "Postage Pre-Paid Australia / for posting in Australia / and delivery worldwide," globe featuring Australia & three bars as indicium. The numbers noted below are the last six digits of the product bar code:
124205 Picture side depicts Melbourne "City Circle" streetcar in maroon livery, in front of the Princess Theater; printed stamp indicium is a reproduction of #1157, 41¢ Melbourne Cable Tram.
 
ATA HB entry:
12/1997 - Printed in "maximum card" style, with reproduction of a stamp on the picture side. All with "Postage Pre-Paid Australia / for posting in Australia / and delivery worldwide," globe featuring Australia & three bars as indicium. The numbers noted below are the last six digits of the product bar code:
124236 Picture side depicts three Melbourne streetcars in green & cream livery in front of the Shrine of Remembrance; printed stamp indicium is a reproduction of #1178, 65¢ ANZAC Tradition (non-RR)
 
ATA HB entry:
12/1997 Printed in "maximum card" style, with reproduction of a stamp on the picture side. All with "Postage Pre-Paid Australia / for posting in Australia / and delivery worldwide," globe featuring Australia & three bars as indicium. The numbers noted below are the last six digits of the product bar code:
124229 - Picture side depicts "Puffing Billy" steam tourist train on trestle; printed stamp indicium is a reproduction of #708, 35¢ "Puffing Billy" in a similar view.
PC - prepaid - fdi 16 Jan 1998 - shows Sydney Harbor Bridge during construction

KD - maxicard with related stamp affixed and canceled on picture side

 
PC - prepaid - fdi 20 June 2000 - shows Sydney Harbor Bridge

KD - maxicard with related stamp affixed and canceled on picture side

 
PC - prepaid - shows Sydney Harbor Bridge

KD: modern picture card showing an earlier postage stamp - Scott697

 
PC - prepaid - 6 MAY 2003 - shows Sydney Harbor Bridge
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney with Bridge in background.
Associated stamp shows non-railway painting 'Cord Long Drawn, Expectant' which hangs in the gallery.

KD - maxicard with related stamp affixed and canceled on picture side

 

PCs - prepaid - 2 March 2004 - 2 maxicards with stamps from Bridges set
1 - Sydney Harbour Bridge.
2 - Lockyer Bridge, Queensland
Stamp affixed to picture side, reverse inscribed Postage pre-paid Australia

KD

 




PCs - prepaid - (Locomotives issue 7 September 2004)

1 - diesel hauled ' The Ghan' passenger train leaving Alice Springs following completion of the line to Darwin

2 - Stephenson 2-4-0 Tank engine at Sandridge station yard.

3 - New South Wales Locomotive number 1

4 - B12 class steam loco at Bigge's Camp in 1884

5 - G class loco on the Trans-Australia Railway in 1914

KD - maxicards with related stamp affixed and canceled on picture side

 

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